I think that the story to this is this radio producer, who was a Vai suporter, told Steve to write an hours worth of music so he could preforme it live with the metropole orchestra.

When he did it Vai loved the sound and that is how he got his orchestra-y sound.

I also know that when he was a kid he wanted to be a composer.

Steve Vai and The Metropole Orchestra
I hope you enjoy it!

Ah... amazing... I can't believe that I missed his North American tour...

This is an amaizing peice. I probably watched this a thousand times last christmas!

Yeah, really amazing Vai with Orchestra, the perfect mix !!

Excelent link! What a great musician. The best electric guitar player for me.

gabriel.-

Yes he is pretty much at the top of the league!

wow i love this piece never heard it with an Orchestra
beautiful

Ive watched this video millions of times for quite some time!
it never gets old, Vai is simply the best!

i saw this one on TV i was just zapping on the TV, and i was in shock when i saw Vai .. haha

Woah, wish I could see stuff like that on tv here

Me too

I just noticed something about this video. the main riff of the song, the first thing he plays in the original recording, he only plays it once. but the rest you can still tell that it is For The Love Of God because of the tone.

might wanna cut back on the bold and italics there

i have the whole concert on dvd- this was definabably the highlight of the show.

Where did you get that concert on dvd?