The show begins as the stage lights are dimmed and an array of blue spotlights slowly circle the stage, creating a deep blue hue which sets the mood for the show's opening number. At this point, Satriani slowly strolls out on stage, dressed in his trademark stage attire - black jeans, skin-tight, plain black tee-shirt, and black sunglasses, which contrast with his shiny bald head. He is already playing some cool guitar riff, which eventually transitions into the haunting opening chords to "Flying In A Blue Dream."

I have not picked up Satriani's Super Colossal album yet, so this DVD offered up a good opportunity to evaluate most of that album as well. My first impression is that the songs are more melodic and straightforward than on his previous few releases, and is more reminiscent of his earliest material. The highlights for me were the relaxed, jazzy vibe of "A Cool New Way," the funky, atmospheric "One Robot's Dream," and the epic, multi-mooded "Made Of Tears," which featured some of the most inspired Satriani guitar solos I have heard in a while - including one played with his mouth.

Satriani balances out all of the brand new material with a very healthy dose of songs from his legendary second album, Surfing With The Alien. All of the required songs are here: "Satch Boogie," "Ice 9," "Circles," "Always With Me, Always With You," as well as the title track. I have seen each of these songs performed a million times before, but this night Joe played them much looser and with more improvisation than I have seen before, and his fiery extended ending of "Always With Me" transformed this so called ballad into one of the evenings fiercest jams.

After a smoking performance of "The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing," Joe gives one of his best lines of the night: "Now I know your thinking, he's just doing songs about mystical potato heads, and robots, and ice nine, and stuff like that, and you're thinking Joe's pretty weird right?...but, I've got to play a love song once in a while," and then he kicks off the second Super Colossal ballad, appropriately titled "The Meaning of Love." During this stunning song, Satriani gives a virtual clinic on how to gracefully control a guitar's whammy bar.