Surfing With The Hydra Tour

Joe Satriani and Steve Vai take to the road taking their new outfit SATCHVAI Band on tour in spring 2026! Commenting on this extra special jaunt, Satriani said "The SATCHVAI Band rides again! After a fantastic European tour last summer Steve, Kenny, Marco, Pete and I will bring the Surfing With The Hydra Tour to the US. We can't wait to play you the new material from our forthcoming Satch/Vai album along with your favorite songs from our shared catalog. And that's not all, we're bringing along the incomparable Animals As Leaders. You do not want to miss this show with this lineup!" Don't miss these re-energized performers when they hit a stage near you.

The Man Behind The Axe

Satriani started his music career as a guitar instructor before going on to tour with the likes of Mick Jagger for the latter's first solo tour, Brian May and Steve Morse during the Eighties and Nineties. When out of the recording studio or not touring he continues to keep his hectic work pace up by perfecting his own signature range of Ibanez guitars, the JS Series as well as his own distortion pedals.

Satriani is currently the lead guitarist for the group Chickenfoot, a hard rock band hailing from the USA and made up of several other rock icons including Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer, Chad Smith. Citing major influences such as Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore and Jeff Beck, he has mastered a huge range of picking skills, and is famed for his prodigious skill in tapping, volume swells and legato, to name a few.