“He was, ‘I don't even understand how you're playing. I can never play that.’ It was a total role reversal”: Dweezil Zappa reveals the one Frank Zappa song that stumped Eddie Van Halen

Left-Dweezil Zappa performs at The Bombard Theater on March 05, 2020 in Louisville, Kentucky; Right-Eddie Van Halen of Van Halen performs at Music Midtown at Piedmont Park on September 19, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. (.

Dweezil Zappa – Frank Zappa's son – enjoyed a decades-long friendship with Eddie Van Halen. At the age of 12, he was even gifted Van Halen's 1982 Kramer guitar, which he used to play Runnin’ with the Devil with his band at a school talent show.

However, in a recent interview, he revealed how Van Halen was in awe of Frank Zappa's complex compositions and the younger Zappa's ability to execute them on guitar.