Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born June 6 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is an American instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and producer.

After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980. The guitarist began a solo career starting in 1984 and has released 13 solo albums as of 2008. Apart from his work with Frank Zappa, Vai has also recorded and toured with numerous musical artists including: Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. Vai been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1996. In 1999 Vai started his own record label, Favored Nations, with the intent to showcase, as Vai describes, "artists that have have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments."

Steven Siro Vai (born 6th June, 1960 in Carle Place, New York) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer and record producer. When growing up, the young Vai became interested in rock giants such as Jimi Hendrix , Frank Zappa , Alice Cooper and Led Zeppelin leading him to take up the guitar. Prior to attending Berklee College of Music, Steve frequently jammed with his teacher Joe Satriani and played in numerous local bands. He has acknowledged the influence of many guitarists, including Jeff