WEB18 hours ago · Steven Siro [citation needed] Vai (/ ˈ v aɪ /; born June 6, 1960) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer.A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. He …