The transformation of Whitesnake from acclaimed British blues rockers into big-haired MTV darlings was one of the more unlikely success stories of the 1980s. But after the multi-million selling 1987 album – aka Whitesnake – mainman David Coverdale was forced to recruit a new guitarist. Enter former David Lee Roth sideman and six-string god Steve Vai. In this classic 2011 interview, Vai looked back on his time as a ’Snake, and his role in 1989’s divisive Slip Of The Tongue album.
