David Lee Roth-Skyscraper (1988)

For his second solo album, "Skyscraper", released in 1988, former Van Halen singer David Lee Roth assembled an extraordinary band featuring Steve Vai on guitar, Billy Sheehan on bass, and Gregg Bissonette on drums. The result of this gathering of talent was a tremendous hard rock album where Steve Vai's guitar virtuosity, Sheehan's driving bass, and Bissonette's powerful drumming propel an album that, at times, overshadows David Lee Roth himself. Songs with hints of classic Van Halen sound like "Knucklebones", the catchy "Just Like Paradise", the impactful "The Bottom Line", a fantastic demonstration of Vai's virtuosity on the six strings, the spectacular title track, in which Roth gives us one of his best vocal performances, the rocking "Hot Dog and Snake" or the dynamic "Two Fools a Minute", another instrumental showcase of all the musicians, including wind instruments played by Roth himself, in addition to some enveloping keyboards courtesy of Brett Tuggle, make this album one of the best in David Lee Roth's entire career.