Steve Vai

No disrespect to guitar god Steve Vai, but we're pretty much over the technically proficient, yet emotionally empty, razzle-dazzle that's on display tonight. Gotta hand it to the dude, though – he hasn't let up on his fret-shredding ways since his days studying with Joe Satriani, counting among his many achievements stints with both Zappa and David Lee Roth, a still-thriving solo career and a new album, last year's The Story of Light.