In 2001, Joe Satriani and Steve Vai invited Petrucci to tour with them on the popular G3 guitar tour, which exposed him to a massive number of new fans and inspired a solo album.
V roku 2001 Joe Satriani a Steve Vai pozvali Petrucciho na populárne turné G3, na ktorom získal obrovské množstvo nových fanúšikov a ktoré ho inšpirovalo nahrať sólový album.