Ticketmaster says "What do you think of Prince as a guitar player?"

Lukather/Vai says "SL: Me too.
SV: I was given a bootleg of jamming at Paisley Park and there was song Tender Surrender--I turned it on and he was jamming to one of my songs.

SV: I was stunned into silence. he was playing great on it.

SL: I loved solo Purple Rain. My thing with him is sound is really processed. SL: He's got a lot of heart. You got to love Prince. I really dig his stuff. "

THIS is taken from ticketmastrer chat with steve vai and steve lukather from toto

Dope.
ThankU.

welcome

I just saw Steve Vai in concert (great by the way...Vai, Tony MacAlpine, Billy Sheean....amazing amazing musicians)...anyway, there's this little 'funk' type intro and Steve struts to the mic and says "Sometimes I wish I was Prince"....then he kind of chuckled and said "Maybe not." and then started into the song.

Anyway, I get the impression he digs Prince.

And if Vai is in your town, it's worth the money to check out the show. A stage full of virtuosos (especially Billy Sheean who is no doubt the greatest rock bass player around)