....and yes... Steve Via is VERY FAMOUS if you are into guitars. He's been around for a long time. He is a hero to the guys in Polyphia and so it is really cool that he did this song with them. Steve has called Tim Henson (the dude you couldn't tell the gender of) the best new guitarist of this generation. Steve was considered by many as the best in his day. He played for Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake. Then he has mainly done his own thing since then. He is hugely influential to a large number of musicians. Polyphia has a number of songs you should check out.

They can be classified as an instrumental progressive rock band. Great musicians.

Awesome band. Their song/video G.O.A.T. is outstanding. Steve Vai is a guitar virtuoso. He is the older guitarist toward the end.

Phenomenal musicians! Don’t need a genre just enjoy! Steve Vai is legendary! ✌🏻🫶🏻❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

This was a symbolic tapping of the band as the next king of shredding from the generally undisputed king of metal guitar. They ascend the building like Bruce Lee in Game of Death to meet the boss on his throne. The intergenerational respect (both ways) is amazing to see. Grew up worshipping Vai and love Polyphia. All are GOATS.

Polyphia (pol-IF-ee-uh) is phenomenal. Tim Henson is the guitar player at the beginning, but all four of these guys are world-class at what they do. Steve Vai (rhymes with “eye”) is internationally famous as a guitar virtuoso that got his start with Frank Zappa. If you want to check his stuff out, I recommend “The Attitude Song,” “For The Love Of God,” or maybe a fun one like “The Audience Is Listening.”

Steve Vai is a guitar god, so it was a huge honour for the band to play with him. Polyphia are the next generation of guitar gods, so it’s awesome to see both giving each other respect.

Steve Vai is a legend!!! He redefined what playing guitar means through the years.. Polyphia are in my opinion the right successors

They are a fun band who are able to hold you interested just through their ability on their instruments, most songs are instrumentals. I personally love their song Playing God and would recommend if you want to check out another song by them!

Polyphia does some wild stuff. They're considered progressive rock, which is a genre that pushes the boundaries of music with stuff like weird time signatures and beats. Tool, Rush, and Pink Floyd also fall into this category. Also their lead is male. His name is Tim Henson. Steve Vai is the older guitarist and he's from the band Whitesnake (amongst others). Don might know them but I don't expect BP to. Think big hair 80s rock. He's a legend.

Gotta listen to G.O.A.T. phenomenal! Stoked you guys are listening to Polyphia

These guys are the best thing to happen to guitar-centric music since Eddie Van Halen in 1978. Their playing is insane, and their songs are all so catchy, and they've inspired a bunch of new guitar players to start playing the impossible. Seriously though, check out Playing God.

Steve Vai-Tender Surrender Is the ultimate guitar song. Steve Vai-Whispering A Prayer(live in Astoria) Is one of the best live songs ever. Steve Vai-making the Halo 2 theme song video is pretty amazing. He basically nailed the entire song in the first play through. Amd he did sound effects for the game like ships blowing up.

This is exciting! I was deep in a Polyphia rabbit hole before diving into Ren’s. Enjoy guys! 40‼️

Polyphia and Ren collab please

I love how Vai comes through absolutely DRIPPING all over the end of this track.

Yes, Tim Henson is one good looking dude, that's just a fact (I'm straight, not blind) If you want some vocals (and a pretty girl), check out ABC, feat. Sophia Black. This track is funny, because Polyphia talked about "boomer bends" in an interview, and some people were offended (though they were just talking about a certain playing style, common among older guys mainly playing blues). Then comes Steve Vai and bends the shit out of those strings like crazy! Boomer bends indeed…

Hello BP and Don, you should have checked "Polyphya - ABC Feat. Sophia Black" and "Polyphia - Chimera Feat. Lil West". Those two songs have some Hip Hop influences (and both are dope!)

that's called progressive rock or even Math Rock. Epic musicianship, new way of using guitars. Tim and Scott complete each other. The bassist (Clay) is wonderful, and the drummer (also named Clay) is amazing .Once you listen to one of their songs, you're hooked! Have fun with ' GOAT" , "Playing God" etc... And yes, Tim Henson (handsome!) is very easy on the eyes and a very stylish boy, but his musicianship is the real thing that turns eveybody on..;and get some people very jealous

Oh i love this thanks for the introduction BP, this will be on my playlist I would classify this as fabuloso 🤭🙏❤️

Steve played john butler in the movie crossroads who is the devil's guitar player

The lead guitarist of the band with the delicate features is Tim Henson and he has grown famous for his ability to play really intricate and new sounding guitar rifs. He's also 29 years old which is insane because most people I know approaching 30 already look like they're past that age.

That there gentleman is Steve Vai 3 time Grammy winner 15 time nominated 10 greatest guitar player in the history of guitar players

Lead Guitar (The one p was confused about): Tim Henson Other Guitar - Scottie LePage Bass - Clay Gober Drums - Clay Aeschliman Old guy on Guitar - Steve Vai Trumpet Player - Brasstracks

the trumpet player is Brasstracks. He played on the first track of their new album. This is the last song on the album so they had him close it out.

Polyphia’s “Playing God” or “GOAT” should be the next song from this band.

That is Steve Vai in the end. Absolutely one of the best guitarist out there. He actually played all the music in bill and ted movies.

The way he pronounced Steve Vai at the end made me laugh my ass off.

How have you just heard of polyphia???? Yooooo we are in for a fun couple months of these reactions hahaha. And Tim Henson is a dude 😂😂😂😂 been listening to them for a loooong time and I'm glad they are new for you guys. Hahaha Tim is just a Rockstar, Scott and both clays are just badasses get ready for a ride 😅

The dude at the end is BRASSTRACKS. He's worth checking out, too.

The first bit 😅 BP You are hilarious! Tim Henson is a pretty man though to be fair. Hahaha Would love to see more Polyphia! 🤘

Steve Vai is a triple OG guitar god. He's made more albums, songs, sold more tickets, and has likely inspired more musicians than any other guitarist alive today - all while having the majority of his albums be entirely instrumental with no vocalist.

Please more polyphia! Gotta react to G.O.A.T!

Yooo It's crazy that you mention Kanye because Tim, the first person you see in the video, still cites Kanye as one of his biggest influences forever (separating art from artist here). And since they really do the production work on their music it's nuts that you made that connection

BP did you hear the news REN knocked the Rolling Stones off number one uk album sales chart

You guys will like their song G.O.A.T. they're so good.

Now you have to go down the Steve Vai rabbit hole!!!!!

I am literally screaming STEVE VAI at my phone rn.

Steve Vai played guitarist Jack Butler (the devil) in the movie Crossroads from 1986, opposite Ralph Macchio from Karate Kid. He was in David Lee Roth’s solo band, Whitesnake, Alcatrazz and Frank Zappa’s band. His solo work is incredible. If you want to have your mind blown react to his video Teeth of the Hydra where he plays bass, double necked guitar and more all at once. It’s fairly new and incredible to see. Keep up the great reactions guys!

Tim beautiful as shit fs can't blame y'all for being confused 😅

Steve is a GOAT of guitarists! Top 5... Check out Polyphia GOAT! Crazy...

Check out Steve Vai - Tender Surrender (live). Phenomenal guitar player. Fun fact - he played the devil and had a guitar battle with Ralph Macchio in the movie Crossroads.

Y’all callin Tim an female killed me😂😂 btw his ones of best guitar players of the younger generation

Absolutely fantastic and talented band - now see G.O.A.T by them. LOL, yes, you should know Steve Vai.

Pest part of the reaction is toward the end - Black P's face when Steve Vai throws in some crazy facial expressions while he's playing.

Steve Vai is veryyyyy famous in the guitar and metal music circle... He is hugeeeee

Tell us you’re not very musically inclined without telling us Them: wtf is a Steve Vai?

Just put it under the Prog blanket to feel safe. LOL

Felt like Seinfeld was coming on 😂. Not my type of music, but I appreciate it.

Polyphia is amazing! The only instrumental group I actually jam. Steve Vai is guitar superhero basically

Oh hell yes, Black P and Polyphia! They're my favorite band, here are some answers to your questions: - Yes, it's a guy. Tim Henson. Actually has a signature guitar line from Ibanez, That's how good of a prodigy he is. - Steve Vai is a super famous guitarist back in the day. known for his playing with that whammy solo sound that basically sang for him. He played and worked with a lot of bands back in the day, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, Mary J Blige.. etc.. he has a lot of acolades for his style. - They play a lot of genre, a lot can be classified as progressive rock/Math rock/Technical music but they incorporate everything, so they're very genre bending. that drummer lays 808's and trap beats on top of jazz and hip hop and rock. They are all pretty much masters of their instruments, music theory, and taste. - The pinky is a polyphia sign, it's on one of their albums if I recall correctly. If you want something more pop-ey with a vocal I suggest you React to Polyphia Feat. Sophia Black - ABC - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9qUZZeCrqiuZY0.html Pure skill and talent? See Playing God- kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kJt-orSYnbLIdJ8.html Keep being you P. Love your stuff!

I snorted when he said Bill Nye the Science Guy

Their music sounds amazing on a good car system.

Thanks for this one! Love these guys!

The thought of having to learn this arrangement makes my brain hurt.

Definitely should checkout more if this band

The trumpet is Ivan from Brasstracks 😂. Theyre a R&B duo but also produce. They produced Chance the Rappers No Problem and got a grammy for it. Hes also featured in the first song of Polyphia's last album. This is the last song so its a tie in 😉

Steve Vai is your favorite guitarists favorite guitarist

There are a couple of other Polyphia songs y'all might really like... they are a little more digestible to Polyphia newbies. Highly skilled and phenomenal band...

Trumpet player is Brasstracks. He’s on another song or two on the album

14:11 Tim Henson, the lead guitarist, has actually said he gets a lot of inspiration from rappers like Kanye in term of production and composition. He has a video on his channel where he shows how O.D. was created, and it was first inspired by the Kanye's song Champions.

Definitely need to watch GOAT by them for surreeee

the last guy is called Steve Vai, def one the greatest. Known to orgasm the guitar 😆

For polyphia i would highly recomend G.O.A.T you'll get to see each member have therr own parts. And for steve vai either tender surrender or for the love of god

They are playing in a style called math rock a sub genre of rock. Uses poly rhythms, tapping, complex cords and note structures

The pinky logo is a hand position when playing the guitar really high up on the neck. Brasstracks is the trumpet player. They have a song featuring him that's dope.

never and i mean never did i expect y’all to react to polyphia but here we are and i’m so happy

Steve vai been around, a lot of people first noticed him from the 'crossroads' duel, he got a lot of great songs too, 'for the love of god' might be worth checking out, he got taught by Joe Satriani (which is my favorite guitar player) if you wanna check him out sometime I'd suggest looking at something like his 'Made of Tears' live version, there's a great improv after the actual song that showcases his mastery of his craft really well, grtz from holland!

Polyphia are incredible! Steve Vai is the older dude. He’s massively famous in the guitar world. Tim Henson is the one you were confused over the gender but don’t worry, he’s been confusing lesbians since 1993 😂 he’s beautiful! The others are Scott/ie Le Page - guitar Clay Gober - bass Clay Aeschliman - drums. They are primarily instrumental but do have a few with vocals from features. There’s one with Lil West rapping called Chimera 🖤

Jazz-Rock-Flamenco fusion. Just making it up.

one of the cool things about this video is that the legend stve vai demonstrates his "Joint Shifting" technique in it... don't ask me exactly what it is beccause i'm not a guitar expert... i just love listening to great guitarists.

Steve Vai (V-i) has been really popular among people learning guitar since the 80's. He does all kinds of crazy things with his guitar (his song "Bad Horsie" sounds like his guitar is a literal horse) and does crazy things onstage like pretending to make love to his guitar. He is considered a guitar god. With that said: Steve Vai said he recorded a solo for this song that he had arranged himself and sent it to Polyphia. They returnes his message asking if it could be more "like this" and said they had chopped up his solo and run some of it backwards and made it all crazy. He agreed and that shows the massive respect he has for the band.

Polyphia is considered as math rock. And Tim Henson is an actual guitar hero. Not anyone can just play what he does

Anime protagonist on lead. Jesus on drums. Shampoo model on rythm. Undertaker on bass. And legendary Steve Vai.

So funny there are so many memes and commentary I've heard about how Tim Henson confuses men because they find him so beautiful and they don't know how to feel about it. I think that's what he meant, but hey Tim is simply beautiful for beauties sake doesn't matter what he is but he. You'd be blind and lying not to find him pretty but he is definitely a he. Tim Henson actually creates the music digitally and he sends it to Scott to tweek his part as well as the other guys and they send it back and then they all figure out how to actually play it. He shows his process in a video it's pretty amazing. Also, all their guitars are designed by them then created for them by Ibanez. You should watch the play throughs where Tim plays the whole songs by himself. Scott and Clay the drummer do play through videos as well so you can see just how truly amazing they are. The trumpet player is on another one of their songs that starts the album and this song ends the album so he's on it too. The trumpet is Brasstracks.

So awesome they know they're supposed to know steve vai

You guys crack me up (in a good way). I loved how you paused the video and discussing is this someone famous....and while the video is paused it says across the screen featuring: STEVE VAI !

As a straight 37 yo male... yes, Tim is a very beautiful man

Polyphia is called "Math Rock" by some people. Well and it's kinda true, they be doin algebra with their instruments

Come on Boyz, M. Vai is a legend

Yeeess !u found these guys... one of my favorites is "Goat"

Your going to love reacting to the rest of their stuff!! Playing God, G.O.A.T., etc

Steve vai is that guy..: he did the halo theme freestyle basically

everyone else has already said it but the bill nye stunt double is actually steve vai he's a legend in music. He was in crossroads if you've ever seen that movie or the guitar battle clip. You should check out his videos of him playing is hydra guitar the guy is a nutjob with weird sounds on a guitar. The hydra has 3 necks and a harp and a bunch of electronics shit on it so he has like his own musical playground and he's made some cool shit with it

Listen to Yankee Rose from David Lee Roth. He was also the guitar player that battled against Ralph Macchio in crossroads.

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Steve Via is a guitar god. Polyphia are all gods of bad ass music. I like to call Polyphia's music, music for musicians. Ego Death is their polite way of showing off rheir chops. Lol

"Is this someone we should know? Who is this?" while feat. Steve Vai is on screen 🤣

Steve Vai is a guitar god indeed! You guys should check out a Steve Vai song called For the Love of God.

The old guy is Steve Vai. To truly have your mind blown you should check his Teeth of the Hydra video.

A lot to talk about so I'll try to keep it short. Idk if you guys have seen the 1986 film Crossroads but Ralph Maccio has a guitar battle with Steve Vai himself. Steve Vai is a legend in the guitar community. He reinvented what it meant to be a guitarist, utilizing the instrument in a way no one else had before and still does to this day. Polyphia is the modern version of the revolutionary guitar playing. Tim Henson (the short haired guitarist) produces their songs in sort of an abstract way, finding EDM or dubstep beats he thinks are cool and then transposing them in neat ways to be playable on guitar. The entire band members are masters at their instruments and it's no contest. They are the best doing it, as a collective, right now. I would recommend GOAT to see them flexing their skills, some argue that the main riff in GOAT is still the hardest riff out there!

Steve vai is an absolute legend and was an idol to both Tim and Scott from polyphia! I'd love to see you react to some of his solo works. "Tender surrender" and "For the love of god" are some of the best guitar tracks ever made in my opinion. Steve literally sings with the instrument and its a sight to see, he's also super humble and a great person to interact with🙇‍♂️

Awesome first time reaction to polyphia 🔥 They do a Collab with a rapper in a song called 'Chimera' which you should check out. They have 2 videos of this song so make sure you do the B&W video because you can watch them perform rather than the picture of a demon. It's a song that combines flamenco, metal, and hip-hop.....crazy 🤯

Just think of Tim Henson as a real life Anime character and it all just starts to make sense.

Steve Vai is the guy that ripped the crazy guitar riffs on the Halo 2 theme back in the day, and he did it almost completely improv.

8:25 you kinda hit on part of the magic of polyphia. Tim, the guy with the tattoos and the shorter black hair, has said before that because they don't use vocals, parts are written specifically to fill that gap - melodic guitar parts if you will.

Tim Henson is the guyyyyy you thought was a girl😂 he’s amazing on guitar

The pinky? Dude that's the handscape of playing guitar.

Saying "they can play" is like saying manute bol wasn't short

I related to the confusion at the beginning I had the same confusion first time watching the playing God video