3shiftgtr (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Wow. Brilliant use of brass as a compositional voice. Lots of odd 'efx' cymbals used perfectly. Does anyone know if Vai wrote the drum chart for this? He usually writes all of his drummers' parts. The Fire Garden Suite is one of the first real suites for rock ensemble ever written. Brilliant trap kit composing.

Garrycraig (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Kinda Zappa because Steve Vai was hugely inspired by Zappa and later played in the band.Listen to Vai's first album, Flexible, to hear how zappa he used to be

Costaslh (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

this is kind of zappa... wow!!! great drummer...

yannhk (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

perfectly matched!! even push the music into an even higher level

faller111 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

great drummer

drumeric33 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

definately

0Vecna0 (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Mangini > Bozzio

travissBrulzz (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

Excelent. Nothing to complain here. Great playing, great showmanship (outstanding, actually, reminds me of the ol' greats), he fits very well on those Steve Vai songs. More so than Donati (imo).

julianpava (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

so true

Nargaroth (January 1, 1970 at 12:59 am)

That set looks like so much fun to play on.