Nita Strauss is a big Bon Jovi fan and as such, thinks of Phil X as a little bit of a guitar hero.

Admitting that she was an “’80s steel child” in a chat with Rock Antenne, Strauss says she’d like to carry out with Bon Jovi sooner or later – however couldn’t ever see herself taking Phil X’s place.

“I can’t think about changing Phil X at something,” she says [via Ultimate Guitar]. “Phil X is the most effective. He’s superior… I bought to jam with him after we did the Employed Gun documentary [2016] collectively. So, change? No. By no means. However I might like to play with Bon Jovi. I might like to again Phil up anytime. I’ll carry Phil’s case. I’ll change his strings, no drawback.”

Strauss goes on to reference the time the Bon Jovi guitarist and Evening Ranger’s Brad Gillis saved buying and selling improvised solos within the Employed Gun documentary lengthy after she herself ran out of concepts.

“For those who see the film, when the Employed Gun documentary opens up, there’s this open jam. It’s myself, Phil X, Jason Hook, and Brad Gillis. And Brad was not even presupposed to be there; he was there for one thing else… Rudy Sarzo taking part in bass, Kenny Aronoff taking part in drums – simply an all-star forged. And I used to be like, ‘I don’t know what I’m doing right here, however thanks!’ [laughs]”

“And so, we begin doing a spherical – you’re taking turns; it’s the identical riff over and over, and also you solo, after which as soon as all people takes a flip, you go once more. So, we do the spherical as soon as, after which we do the spherical a second time, then a 3rd time. By the fourth time, I’m out. Like, I’ve nothing. I can’t even consider the rest actually good to play, as a result of I’m with the most effective of the most effective gamers on this planet… Then Jason Hook [drops out] the subsequent one round.”

She provides: “Then, it’s Phil X and Brad Gillis simply standing there, forwards and backwards, for, I wish to say 5 or ten minutes, and it’s simply probably the most superb taking part in you’ve ever heard. I used to be simply there with my jaw on the ground. Like, nobody else will get to see this; we’re simply filming this for the factor. Hook and I had been simply standing there, getting to look at greatness occur, and neither considered one of them repeated something. It was simply new licks, over and over and over. And you actually see in that second, why somebody like Phil is the place he’s, as a result of he’s simply on the prime degree on a regular basis.”