Satriani and Steve Vai Release First Collaborative Album The Sea of Emotion as SatchVai on November 6: 10 Tracks via earMUSIC
Long Island, New York — Guitarists Joe Satriani and Steve Vai released The Sea of Emotion on November 6, 2026, via earMUSIC, their first full collaborative studio album as the duo SatchVai, more than five decades after they first met.
Their connection began in 1973, when a 13-year-old Steve Vai started taking guitar lessons from a 17-year-old Joe Satriani on Long Island. The two later toured together on the G3 circuit. According to release coverage, the album grew out of time freed up after a G3 reunion tour: the pair first planned a single song, and the project expanded after Satriani sent Vai the first two parts of a three-part title suite. Speaking to Detroit radio station WRIF, as transcribed by Blabbermouth, Vai said: "This was one of my favorite records I ever made. It was my favorite collaboration."
The 10-track album comprises "Mayhem," "Bronco Freight Train," "Dancing," "The Feeling I Know," "Zoot Suit Riot," "Old Sins Have Long Shadows," "I Wanna Play My Guitar" and the three-part title suite "The Sea Of Emotion Pt. 1," "Pt. 2" and "Pt. 3 / Reflections On A Year And A Half"; the third part opens with an archival reel-to-reel recording of the two playing together as teenagers. Eric Caudieux produced and played keyboards, and the sessions featured drummers Gregg Bissonette, Kenny Aronoff and Mike Mangini and bassists Billy Sheehan and Marco Mendoza, among others. This report states the release details, the track listing and the artists' quoted remarks only, without review or commentary.
(Source: earMUSIC release materials; Blabbermouth and Rock Cellar Magazine release reports, November 6, 2026)
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Source: earMUSIC
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