Arriving in a flurry of liquid legato, whammy bar squawks and woodpecker-fast tapping, the inaugural G3 tour of 1996 – featuring shred-guitar alphas Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson on the same stage – was a reminder that grunge didn’t have everything its own way.
Last year, after three decades of changing line-ups, the original trio went on a sell-out tour and rolled tape at LA’s Orpheum Theatre. “Those shows were a gift,” Satriani remembers of the fireworks, captured and now released on the G3 Live Reunion album.
