Lukather can do anything and do it so well. N nothing but respect for him as an artist Thanks for sharing this.

How amazing to be able to do album with your son or your father 🥰

Many thanks for sharing this interview. It’s a GREAT album !!

The man is the epitome of 'down to earth.'

Steve, you are the bones of every song.....

So impressed with "Bridges". Great songwriting and production.

Another great interview!! Luke!!

That first single. Amazing!❤

It is good to heart that Steve is picking up the melodic approach again, especially track 4 and 5 are really good! all forevers must end and when i see you again are track that could be songs from the golden era of music production. Personally the montreux live concert from 91 is my all time favorite and ofcourse 2003 amerdam, because Steve was playing melodic and not trying to show of chops, the last concert or beter said the only time i seen them live was a few years ago, and I think most famous guitarist suffer from this, the youth the see on social media often play very viruoso, but they lack melody and that is the most imporant thing, like Quincy jones said melody is king! melody is the protagonist in the song! Steve knew this and does not have to change his musical chops to suit 2023! if you close your eyes you see no colors nor age, what you so see is the story, you need to frase the centences and arrange the words (with rests) to make the listener want more of this ear candy! I wish he would pick up his old gear the tri chorus the L.A sound and make one epic album where every song is a unique and awesome song and so you wanna play the album over and over and over! Ron

Love the album Such talent Luke is number one in my book. I have a music man guitar

It's probably the shortest time Luke has gone between releasing albums. I've always seen Luke as a great solo artist and i never thought of him as the guy from Toto without the name stamped on his album. The likes of Turns To Stone, Stab In The Back etc are fantastic.

This is coming from 64 yr old from Okla Toto/Lukather fan. This is your best solo album in my opinion. I hope it’s ok relate it to the Toto sound which I fell in love with. I am glad to see that you’re doing well and still playing such great music!! Thanks for sharing your genuine talent! Also adding I have seen you with Toto and solo and also have your interesting book.

You're the Best Luke. Come to vegas

Good interview, thank you 👍🏽

***********OMG *STEVE LUKATHER* IS A GOD ***A MASTER*****AMAZING HE IS THE BEST ON THE PLANET****** *CATER*

Great Musician! Meet him in Jacksonville Florida the day of the concert this year. Me and a friend from School in the 70’s were at the pool and Steve was relaxing by the pool too, we all got kicked out of the pool for maintenance! Steve was so nice, he let us take a picture with him! A true gem of a musician and human being!

Loved I'll never know

Great interview Josh! Favorite tracks at the moment are Not My Kind Of People and Take My Love, where he sings his ass off and sounds brilliant! Is the Australian tour next year pretty much confirmed? Thanks.

My absolute 💯 hero

Gracias!!, Steve es el mejor guitarrista de todos los tiempos!!

I loved his audiobook so very much. I listen to Toto every day. Will see him in october.

I would like to interview Steve Lukather on behalf of his swedish fans.. How do I connect?

Great interview Josh, nice work mate. Listening to the album now!

I really love the album. Luke, honestly, has never released a bad album. All of his recordings push his musicianship to new heights. But this album has that extra special sound to it. Great disc all around!

Luke!!! Great presentation

Steve, my favorite track on Hydra, is "Lorraine".........you were in the back.....David Paich is a magician......seemingly seemless.....

Love everything about Luke

Loved Steely Dan

My favorite songs are : All forevers must End and Someone.

I wish I could personally ask Steve about his solo on the song, “Brody’s” (album: All’s Well That Ends Well). It’s my favorite solo of all time.

TOTALLY agree on the world not needing any more Eddie's and that we need melodic guitar solos. What Eddie did and the remaining talent are doing is enough as of now. An extremely skilled modern group out there now, altho fun to watch, I never come back to them because there is nothing melodic, emotional, memorable about what they're doing; it's all just skill set, with mediocre compositions. All I care about is the *quality* of solos and great song writing. Luke still has it, listened to a few of his new songs, they're terrific. And thank goodness, because modern music is desperate for quality right now, absolutely desperate. It's astounding he can still do it; "All Forevers Must End" and "I'll Never Know" are fantastic...it's music I'll come back to repeatedly, where the aforementioned group, I just won't.

Ooof. Trev Lukather joining forces with Nicolas Collins? That could be huge to say the least. Maybe the next TOTO in the making...?

The best ! what can one say !

Steve is like Paul McCartney....their level of songwriting is fucking high and constant.....I love both, and they are tremendously good on the instrument....

Great album, Steve. The tone and songwriting are very ear friendly. I started playing guitar in 1974. I love fucking everybody that still plays. I've listen to your playing since MTV days. The last song on the album , I'll Never Know". Did you use a sustainiac ? I have been learning your solos from that song. Fucking killer delay. 450 milliseconds? Great job on this Steve. I really have enjoyed both listening and playing along with it. ✌️ my brother. Let me know when you'll be playing in Tennessee. GT

Unfortunately TOTO can't record a studio album again due to legalities holding that back. So Paich, Luke, and Joe all released solo albums which are great. But the problem (If it even is a problem) is that their overriding personalities dominate over the collaborative tension that makes a real band record special.

I am a massive fan of Steve but he seems like he didn't want to be there.

Although I always have been a big fan of Toto and luke, I do not think it is a good album. All tracks sound the same to me. Actually it sounds the same as all his solo albums except Candyman which was a great album. This album is boring, no great melodies or harmonics/chords. And (post)production even worse. It sounds really bad. Sorry Luke. But who cares what I think.