“He just could not be contained. That was what was so beautiful... If you’ve been tasked with the job of imitating him, it’s like, ‘Well, which moment?’” Joe Satriani says the biggest challenge in covering Eddie Van Halen is pinning him down

Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani.

Joe Satriani might have the busiest calendar in rock music right now, with a seemingly back-to-back run of shows and tours across the next year. The most headline grabbing of those events – his Best of All Worlds shows with former Van Halen men Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony – is also proving the most challenging, and it’s not even kicking off until next summer.

In a new interview with Rolling Stone, Satriani discusses his thinking around the gig – which will take in material from Montrose, Chickenfoot and, of course, Van Halen.