Satch also reveals the difficulty of accommodating the styles and requests of virtuosos as varied as Yngwie Malmsteen and Robert Fripp

The guitar virtuoso heaps praise on the late Nirvana frontman's skills in a new interview. Joe Satriani: Kurt Cobain “Was a Great Guitar Player”

"[H]e's playing with one of the greatest drummers of all time . . . that wouldn’t have worked if he was not a good guitarist."

However, no less a guitar luminary than Joe Satriani has heaped praise on Kurt’s playing, calling the late Nirvana leader a “great guitarist”. In a new interview given to Classic Rock magazine, Satriani said: “I was very happy with those Nirvana records.