'One Big Rush' featured on the soundtrack to the Cameron Crowe movie Say Anything. It was said to be inspired by the death of his father, who died in 1989 during the recording of the album. In 1989, Satriani released the album Flying in a Blue Dream. That same year, he also released an EP titled Dreaming #11, which featured the song 'The Crush of Love'. In 1988, Satriani helped produce the EP The Eyes of Horror for the death metal band Possessed. Surfing with the Alien is his most acclaimed work, according to aggregator Acclaimed Music. The track 'Crushing Day' was featured on the soundtrack of a low-budget film titled It Takes Two. In 1987, Satriani's second album, Surfing with the Alien, produced radio hits and was the first all-instrumental release to chart so highly in many years. The same year, he also sang backing vocals on the self-titled Crowded House album. He was later invited to join the Greg Kihn Band, who were on the downside of their career, but whose generosity helped Satriani pay off the overwhelming credit card debt from recording his first album, Not of This Earth, released in 1986. Satriani started playing in a San Francisco-based band called Squares, which he formed with his brother-in-law Neil Sheehan in the late 1970s. His students included Kirk Hammett of Metallica, David Bryson of Counting Crows, Kevin Cadogan from Third Eye Blind, Larry LaLonde of Primus and Possessed, Alex Skolnick of Testament, Rick Hunolt (ex- Exodus), Phil Kettner of Lȧȧz Rockit, Geoff Tyson of T-Ride, Charlie Hunter, and David Turin.

In 1978, Satriani moved to Berkeley, California, to pursue a music career. While he was teaching Vai, he was attending Five Towns College for studies in music. He began teaching guitar, with his most notable student at the time being fellow Long Island native Steve Vai (both also went to the same high school). The technically demanding Tristano greatly influenced Satriani's playing. In 1974, Satriani studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and with reclusive jazz pianist Lennie Tristano. He has been said to have heard the news during football practice, where he then announced to his coach that he was quitting to become a guitarist. He was inspired to play guitar at age 14, after hearing of the death of Jimi Hendrix. His paternal grandparents were from Piacenza and Bobbio, while his maternal grandparents were from Bari. Satriani was born in Westbury, New York of Italian descent.

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