Instrumental Rock Albums

Gus G.'s fifth solo album, about five years after Quantum Leap. He wrote and produced all of it, and it sets guitar instrumentals beside songs sung by Doro Pesch, Matt Barlow, Ronnie Romero and Dino Jelusick. The Japanese edition (KICP-4117) adds a radio edit of "Dancing With Death" for eleven tracks.

The first studio album Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have made together, issued as SatchVai on 6 November 2026.

WROC finds PAUL GILBERT shaping virtuoso rock guitar, pop-minded playfulness and bluesy humanity into a 2026 album with a clear sense of identity.

Drama again shows how MARTY FRIEDMAN treats the guitar not simply as a vehicle for technique, but as a voice that tells stories.

The Dio Album is Paul Gilbert’s instrumental tribute to Ronnie James Dio’s catalog across Rainbow, Black Sabbath and Dio.

An album recorded in 1991 and shelved for over thirty years after its singer died. Out 27 January 2023.

The eighteenth album, out on earMUSIC on 8 April 2022 - his first away from Epic and Sony since 1995.

The tenth album. The cover shows the Hydra, the triple-neck guitar Vai designed with Ibanez.

Gus G.'s fourth solo album and the first made entirely of guitar instrumentals. King Records released the Japanese edition on 6 October 2021, two days before the rest of the world. Both editions are two CDs, the second holding seven songs recorded live in Budapest in 2018.

Werewolves of Portland again shows Paul Gilbert using the guitar not merely as a vehicle for speed, but as a singing voice.

The seventeenth album, out on 10 April 2020: thirteen tracks built on changing his own style to suit each song.

Tokyo Jukebox 3, the third installment of MARTY FRIEDMAN's cover series, adds newer songs to his guitar takes on Japanese pop and anime.

Behold Electric Guitar finds Paul Gilbert treating extraordinary technique as part of the music rather than the point of it.

Gus G.'s third solo album, recorded as a trio with Dennis Ward on vocals, bass and keyboards and Will Hunt on drums, and produced by Ward and Gus G. together. It includes a cover of Mark Knopfler's "Money for Nothing". The Japanese edition (KICP-1908) runs to fifteen tracks, two of them recorded live in 2017.

The sixteenth album, a trio record with Chad Smith and Glenn Hughes, released on 12 January 2018.

Wall of Sound places Marty Friedman’s individual melodic sense and emotion-speaking guitar tone at the front of an instrumental record.

I Can Destroy puts Paul Gilbert’s extraordinary guitar ability in service of the pleasure of the songs.

The ninth album: thirteen tracks built from sketches written just after Flex-Able and finished thirty years later.

Gus G.'s second solo album. He wrote every song himself, and the singers include Elize Ryd, Mats Levén and Jeff Scott Soto. King Records issued the Japanese edition on 22 July 2015 with a thirteenth track: a version of "What Lies Below" sung by Heather St. Marie.

The fifteenth album, built around a stage alter ego called Shockwave Supernova. Released 24 July 2015.

Gus G.'s first solo album. He wrote all of it and brought in different guests song by song: singers including Mats Levén, Jeff Scott Soto, Michael Starr and Tom S. Englund, and players such as Billy Sheehan and David Ellefson. The Japanese edition (KICP-1683) adds the instrumental "Without You" for thirteen tracks.

Inferno crosses Marty Friedman’s cutting guitar phrases, metal aggression and Eastern-flavored melodic instinct.

Stone Pushing Uphill Man is a covers album on which PAUL GILBERT recasts other artists' songs in his own timing, singing and guitar sound.

The fourteenth album, eleven tracks cut with Vinnie Colaiuta, Chris Chaney and Mike Keneally. Out 7 May 2013.

Vibrato shows Paul Gilbert’s range through fluent solos, thick rock riffs and playful arrangements.

The eighth album and the second instalment of the Real Illusions trilogy, out on 14 August 2012.

Tokyo Jukebox 2 continues MARTY FRIEDMAN's cover project, widening the selection of Japanese pop and anime classics played on his singing guitar.

The thirteenth album, out on 5 October 2010; the Japanese edition adds Heartbeats and Longing.

Bad D.N.A. layers Marty Friedman’s exotic-tinged melodies, sharp guitar phrases and arrangements that cross rock and metal.

Fuzz Universe lets Paul Gilbert move freely between rock, fusion, metal and pop-minded ideas in an instrumental showcase of guitar expression.

Tokyo Jukebox opens MARTY FRIEDMAN's cover series, translating Japanese pop, anime and game classics into his own singing guitar sound.

The twelfth album. Its title joins his own nickname, Satch, to musterion, a Greek word for a hidden thing.

Future Addict places Marty Friedman’s newly reworked older material beside new songs.