I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.

"And the way we think has a reflection on what we create. Vai played on the Alice Cooper album Hey Stoopid along with Joe Satriani on the song "Feed my Frankenstein. Zappa referred to Vai as his "little Italian virtuoso" and listed him in the liner notes as performing "stunt guitar" or "impossible guitar parts".

Vai has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1995. ".