Alex Skolnick of Testament joins Eric in conversation. We talk about the early years of playing and his influences including Ozzy and KISS – does he like The Elder?  We talk about Testament, performing with Ozzy and Geezer Butler, his friendship with Living Colour, his prolific jazz trio, his world music projects and finally his connecting with Mike Portnoy, Dave Ellefson to work on his latest project, Metal Allegiance.