“People started saying I looked like Voldemort!” Joe Satriani and Steve Vai look back at their classic Guitar World covers – and the star guitars they loved and lost

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai pose in a portrait shoot.

In honor of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s third joint GW cover, we’ve decided to present a special “Satch and Vai” edition of Cover Models. That’s when we track down GW cover stars from the distant or recent past and ask them to tell us about the guitars they’re holding on their covers.

This month, we’d like to send out some big-time thanks to Mike Mesker, Vai’s art director, who contributed several historical details concerning Vai’s guitars.