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Joe Satriani is today one of the major figures in non-commercial Rock and many consider him one of the best solo guitarists in the world. I myself think that as a musician in general he is very talented (he plays really everything: banjo, harp, keyboard, bass...), however, I am convinced that many of his predecessors have far surpassed him regarding technique and skill with the guitar.
Joe Satriani was also the mentor of numerous artists who are now known worldwide, such as Kirk Hammett or Steve Vai, and he has also "lent" the sound of his six-string to numerous artists like the great Yngwie Malmsteen or the legendary Deep Purple.
Surfing With The Alien is a widely elaborated album both from a technical and a structural point of view. The strong point of all Satriani's CDs is that he manages to overlay more guitar sounds and to blend these two or more guitar parts (in most tracks melodic, rhythmic, and solo) into what can be defined as perfect sound harmony. We probably must attribute the absence of vocal parts in most of his albums precisely to the succession of melodic solos and probably to an organization in the rhythmic structure that does not allow for vocal parts.
However, Surfing With The Alien is the Satriani album that most closely approaches hard rock: not too melodic and direct. The shortcomings can be found in a progressive slowing down of solos during some tracks and it also lacks the underlying symphony present in his other works, due to the sound of more overlaid percussions or the presence of instruments like the banjo or the harp, played by Satriani himself.
I, therefore, recommend this CD to those who listen to direct music rich in solos or guitar riffs related to rock.
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By holdsworth
Joe Satriani, with his most important work, showed the way to the future for the electric guitar in 1987.
In the nearly three-minute solo, he literally brings out everything he knows and can from his instrument: tapping, tapping with the pick, jazz and blues scales, but above all, legatos that give an immense fluidity to the part.
