Hiello everyone,
I would like to comment on two things.
1 Why Joe is not trying to do some tapped harmonics? I think that He can do pretty nice things with that. Are You afraid to be compared to Van Halen Joe;)?
2 As for last album "Black Swans":
Finally Satriani tries some muted wah! With this album, he took the crown of king of wah from Santana. Listen to God is crying. Ending of Wind in the Trees has some jazzy piano in style of Krzysztof Komeda or Wojciech Kilar (polish jazz from the 60's.)... Just listen to them:
Salto-Kilar
Salto-Kilar main theme
Another tracks worth noting include Light years... and Wormhole wizards.
Great music, very mature and just beautiful.