i don't think anyone in my College knows Steve Vai...mayb hardly a few u can count on fingers...but being a guitarist and not knowing Steve Vai is what surprised me..mayb he has just entered our world..Welcome.
i live in this world and i dont know half the stuff happenin around it ... so am i dumb ? steve vai isnt even half of the guitar world..so he would do fine even if he didnt know abt him..now that he knows it s up to him to like his stuff or not.. just bcoz ur a guitar player doesnt mean u have to worship steve vai.. dont mistake me..i think hes super cool ...let him choose his own influences.