01 Polyphia feat. Steve Vai Ego Death
were plenty of interesting collaborations over the course of 2022, but arguably none quite as sonically tantalising as Polyphia partnering up with Steve Vai on the song . As well as packing all the genre-crossing bravado and split coil spank we’ve grown to expect from guitarists Tim Henson and Scott LePage, the track was also representative of a changing of the guard – almost giving listeners front row seats at the passing of the torch between Ibanez-endorsing virtuosos from different generations. In the 80s and 90s, it was Steve Vai who was taking guitar music to new places and in the process redefining the very instrument in his hands. Decades later, similar things could be said about what Polyphia have managed to achieve over the course of their four albums, which
