# The Best Steve Vai Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Steve Vai guitar solos, ranked. #1 is For the Love of God (1990), then Tender Surrender and The Attitude Song. Every video starts at the solo.

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Steve Vai went from transcribing and playing 'stunt guitar' for Frank Zappa to becoming one of the defining virtuosos of instrumental rock. His whammy-bar vocabulary, exotic scales and theatrical sense of melody pushed the electric guitar toward sounds almost like a voice.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Steve Vai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Vai), [Wikipedia - Passion and Warfare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_and_Warfare)

1. [For the Love of God](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-for-the-love-of-god/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1990
2. [Tender Surrender](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-tender-surrender/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1995
3. [The Attitude Song](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-the-attitude-song/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1984
4. [Bad Horsie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-bad-horsie/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1995
5. [Yankee Rose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-lee-roth-yankee-rose/) — David Lee Roth · solo by Steve Vai · 1986
6. [Shyboy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-lee-roth-shyboy/) — David Lee Roth · solo by Steve Vai · 1986
7. [Liberty](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-liberty/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1990
8. [The Audience Is Listening](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-the-audience-is-listening/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1990
9. [Juice](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-juice/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1995
10. [Answers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-answers/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1990
11. [Building the Church](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-building-the-church/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 2005
12. [Whispering a Prayer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-whispering-a-prayer/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 2005
13. [Judgement Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-judgement-day/) — Whitesnake · solo by Steve Vai · 1989
14. [Just Like Paradise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-lee-roth-just-like-paradise/) — David Lee Roth · solo by Steve Vai · 1988
15. [The Animal](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-the-animal/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1990
16. [Crying Machine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-crying-machine/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1995
17. [Stevie's Spanking](https://greatestsolos.com/song/frank-zappa-stevie-s-spanking/) — Frank Zappa · solo by Dweezil Zappa · 1984

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