Just Hit Songs on Instagram: "That scene is from Crossroads (1986), and the reason it lives rent-free in every guitarist’s head is because the duel wasn’t just movie acting — it was Steve Vai going full supervillain on the soundtrack. Ralph Macchio’s character plays the underdog blues prodigy, but every impossible riff you hear behind him was actually performed by studio guitarist Ry Cooder, while Vai performed all of the opponent’s parts and appeared on-screen. The finale is iconic because Vai