“You don’t have to shred, play fusion or reinvent guitar technique”: Steve Vai’s co-guitarist watched every night of the G3 reunion tour – this is what he thinks makes a virtuoso

Dante Frisiello and Steve Vai.

As Steve Vai’s co-guitar player, Dante Frisiello is in a unique position to closely observe – and learn from – one of the most virtuosic guitar players to have picked up an electric guitar. But what is it that actually makes a virtuoso?

Well, Frisiello’s duties as Vai’s six-string sideman recently saw him hit the road with Vai, Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson as part of the hotly anticipated G3 reunion tour – and now the Abasi Concepts loyalist thinks he’s found the answer to that very question.