Steve Vai: 'I Wanted To Do A Concept Record' The reason nobody plays or sounds like Steve Vai is nobody thinks like Steve Vai. His sense of harmony on The Story of Light album is so left of center that no one would ever think in those terms while making a guitar instrumental album. Vai has taken elements from world music, blues, folk and Celtic and applied them to the guitar to create a record that elevates the level of his composing chops to the staggering level of his playing. The Story of Light is the second part of Vai?s trilogy that began with Real Illusions: Reflections back in 2005, a concept record that follows the exploits and adventures of a group of mythical characters. Like a mad scientist burning the midnight oil in a secluded laboratory, Vai spent countless hours in his newly-built Harmony Hut Studio experimenting with, massaging and executing an arsenal of licks and riffs that are among the most challenging he?s ever played. Finding new ways to pick the strings or employ a more subtle depression of the wah-wah pedal, Vai has created his own unique army of textures and techniques. The Story of Light is an album by a guitar player who has truly found his expressive voice to create a 6-string lexicon by which all other guitarists will now borrow from. UG: On The Story of Light it sounds like your compositional skills and your guitar playing have matched up perfectly. Does that make