G3 - Live in Concert Actors: Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Steve Vai Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Dolby Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 75 minutes Studio: Sony/Columbia Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2002-10-29 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 67 Average rating: 4.5 "Amazing guitar!" These guys are the modern wizards of the six string! Their performances will blow your mind. Vituoso performances from each. Satch and Vai's styles are a bit more rockin, I think everyone will agree that Eric Johnson's bluesy/jazzy style, which is more clean and less flashy, is equally amazing. Vai is just incredible! If you like guitar, you'll get a good sampling of each of these guys' performances, and then they all jam together at the end. I thought the sound was good and the video was good. Highly recommended! "Good,but could be better" ... They convinced me to buy this DVD, I didn't regret it, but it can not be compared to the Live In SAn Francisco DVD. Which is the best Joe Satriani concert released so far. In my opinion: buy it, but the L. In S. F. is better... "Good playing; sets were too fragmented; sound problems" I'll mention this straightaway: if you're a Satriani fan, you might be disappointed. I am, and I was. Still, this disc should provide enough minutes of cool licks and good rock effects to satisfy most fans of rock/blues guitar virtuosity. Satriani. My favorite of the three in real life, but not in this show. Don't get me wrong: his stage presence and artistry were still awesome, and the songs did showcase Joe's adeptness in creating some great sound layering effects. But, I saw two big problems. First, there were only three songs (alas, everyone's allotment) that seemed to be spliced together out of a longer set (again, same with the others) that I would have enjoyed listening to. Second, I don't think a "power trio" set-up (no rhythm guitar) does justice to the band's repertoire of songs. As a glaring example, "Summer Song" sounds terribly thin with the guitar "way up here" and the bass "way down there." No middle. Thus, one of the best rock 'n' roll cruising songs is rendered nearly powerless in going from CD to G3. Oh well. Get Joe's "Live in San Francisco" two-disc DVD; it's awesome. Johnson. The guitarist I was the least familiar with, but most impressed by. Although his fingering appears to be the more labored of the three, I thought the music was the most interesting, with a diverse fusion of rock/jazz/blues. Nothing much in terms of stage presence, yet all three songs were performed well and had me leaning toward the TV to watch the playing. Eric had four members in his band, adding a keyboardist to provide some rhythm and melodic complements. Unfortunately, this three-song clip didn't last much longer than fifteen minutes. Vai. By far the biggest showman of the three, Steve performed the heaviest rock tunes. "The Attutute Song" especially jammed, but this and the two others had an overabundance of squealing guitar effects and feedback. His bandmate, Mike Keneally, added some much welcomed rhythm guitar, keyboards, and matched Steve lick for lick in some dual lead guitar work (impressive!). This set was the most musically well rounded of the three. Steve shows that he loves the rock 'n' roll stage, and his involved and animated persona is fun to watch. G3. Three great tunes, although I agree with previous reviewers that there was something lacking in the sound. I listened to this on 3.1 (no speakers in the back) and found that Satriani and Johnson could be heard well enough, center and left, respectively, although the extreme separation was a little weird. Vai's guitar was relegated to the right channel, and seemed distant; you had to strain to hear his licks. Bit of a disappointment. Overall this is a good, not great, rock guitar DVD which fell short in terms of length and sound quality. "3 of the Greats!" If you want to watch three great guitar players then this is the one DVD you can't do without. Myself, I was a little disappointed that we didn't see Joe perform the Satch Boogie and that Eric did not perform Cliffs Of Dover ... I am not as big a Steve Vai fan though, although the songs presented are good ones. The main complaint here is that I would have liked to have seen more, more, more ... "Awesome DVD" If you like satch, vai, or eric Johnson, This DVD is a must. It's great even if you just like great guitar playin. I've been playin guitar for a long time, and I'm yet to see a better DVD. If you don't already have it, get it!