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Another Guitar God DVD Gone Wrong
When Metallica's S&M Dvd came out, I was amazed with the feature of watching one member in the band at a time. This continued on with another great buy (albeit only on 3 songs) Rush in Rio. Steve Vai is an amazing guitar player. The editing is downright annoying most of the time, seeing Steve's facial expressions more often than his fluid and amazing finger work on the guitar. Most guitarists will enjoy this more than most people because hey, it's Steve Vai. Being a bassist, the few tauntings of watching Billy Sheehan are also greatly worth the effort, as he has some amazing solo spots as well. All in all, Steve's crazy antics are amusing, and its well worth it to see Steve play some of his greatests. Although, would love to have a camera selector for some of the songs as the DVD's above. That's what a concert's really about, focusing on one person at a time (especially when we're talking about musician super groups like Steve's band). Not to drive a point to death but some of the camera angles, and camera angle changes, would send some epileptics into a seizure. Oh well, great music.

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So dissapointing
I have been a Steve Vai fan since 1986, have all his CD's, seen him in concert, etc., etc.. I eagerly anticipated this DVD, when I got it, I literally wanted to stop it after the 3rd song. There are a lot of comments here about the bad camera work..the comments are more than correct, the camera work is horrible, the editing is just as bad. The editor uses the effects package like a high school sophmore editing his first project..REALLY cheesy video transitions. The 2nd DVD is a complete waste of time that I will never get back. Nothing worth watching at all.

Having said all this, any Vai fan will love the music, that goes without saying. Whoever was responsible should have hired a professional video company to shoot and edit this. It really is a disaster, I will never watch it again. Best thing is to rip the audio to a CD and listen to it without the horrible camera work. My only hope is that Vai tries this again on his next tour with a real camera crew, and a real editor. A great DVD of Steve and band in action would be a great thing, but not this one.

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Crushing disappointment
I bought this DVD in consolation of not being able to afford his forthcoming live tour 'downunder', which makes this review even more keenly felt.
I agree with all the reviews about the video editing!
Tragic- i don't know if i can ever watch this DVD again.
I have ALL Vai's CD's and a G3 VHS but this one leaves me cold.
I commend Vai's attempts at presenting an entertaining show but i'm surprised that the music has even left me nonchalant.
For the first time ever i thought i was watching a gratuitous display of 'chops'.Maybe the visuals put me in a less receptive mood.
Surely he didn't watch this before it was released.
Mr. Vai can do MUCH better than this.
Crushed.