Instrumental shred guitar pioneer and keyboard virtuoso Tony MacAlpine s new self-titled album marks a highly-anticipated return to solo guitar work, after a decade of output with his bands including prog-metal-fusion trio Planet X; Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion outfit CAB; power metallers Ring Of Fire. Tony also performed keyboard and guitar duties in Steve Vai s double platinum DVD-selling live band The Breed from 2001-2006; and guitar on legendary French singer Michel Polnareff s sold-out Ze Tour in 2007