R Fripp:
~At 7 pm sharp; Lights out... only two dim spots pointing straigt down to a place on the stage right behind a pile of speakers -> didn't see even a glimpse of the man in the whole evening '¤^?*#~¨!'
...He went five miles out with those soundscapes... he went deep...
People took it quite well and relatively polite (even if not were all that presence (in the music), the applause kept coming every now and then).
... For me: That was something new...and different...a bit weird... 7:35 pm; Lights on. ~
S Vai:
~At 7:40 pm; Lights out... Steve walks in like he's coming to his own livingroom... people are sitting, but giving him a very warm welcome in our own kind of sullen but still solemn way (Joe and Steve must know by now that there are differences between the traits of different nations, but it's obviously very fascinating for them)... big smile on Steve's face.
The upper seats of the house are not being utilized (?) so there were only about 5000 (my best guess) spectators which made the atmosphere pretty unique... large room, earnest listeners; like some kind of devotions...
...Steve's show was awesome... very intense. Billy, Tony, Dave and Jeremy; what a tight band!
...nice little chats between some tunes... "Answers", "Reaper" and "For the Love of God" were the ones that Steve (and me too) seemed to be enjoying the most.
...standing obeisance... big smiles on the band faces... Steve says he's gonna come back soon... ~
J Satriani:
~Not a clue about time; Lights out... in comes Joe and the band... LOUD welcome... "Hands in the air" starts it all...
... the sounds are great and Joe and the band really seem to enjoy themselves... they are stealing the show... standing obeisance...
..."Satch Boogie"... Joe puts something new in it... 'nuff said (speechless)...
...cool new (to me at least) intro on "Cool #9"...
..."Gnaahh" and "I like the rain" shows that Joe really enjoys playing the new stuff, which mediates good vibes to the audience...
..."Up in Flames" worked just like I knew it would when played live... Joe (again) puts something extra on and the crowd is really getting in on the feelings that Joe creates...
..."Always with me, always with you" was really a nice surprise for me; Joe has developed this one to a whole new level than the original was, especially the improvised jam after the original end of the tune, where Galen starts to laugh shakin' his head like: "Jesus, what is that man (Joe) doing?" Something to keep heads up!...
...on "Searching" the band and us crowd...we find it again...
...Joe talks quite a lot between the tunes, except the final 'medley-kind of thing' with "ITLIS", "War" and "FIABD" that Joe (and the band of course) nicely knit together (as was introducted)... Joe is really having a blast... ~
JAM:
~ Robert had come on the stage already. Steve comes in waving to us, shakes Matt's, Jeff's and Robert's hands and bows real deep to Joe (who bows back)...
..."Ice 9" is really an icebreaker... Robert is shredding and gets full respect... something is about to happen...
...when "Red" starts to roll all the people on the floor gets up and the stage begins to suck them towards it... Joe and Steve start laughing... I'm flying...
...Joe introduces "The Murder" lifting Steve on the stand... wow!...
..."Rockin' in the free world" ends with an extraordinary dialogue of Joe's and Steve's guitars... when it finally ends, Steve is watching Joe, laughing and hits the air hard... time for thanks and goodbyes...
...my soul is fostered. ~ Thank you, Joe!