According to The All Music Guide, Steve Vai describes this album as a rock fable: Real Illusions: Reflections is the first part of a multilayered menagerie of vignettes based on the amplified mental exaggerations of a truth-seeking madman who sees the world... Oh, never mind. Our folio features note-for-note transcriptions of this axemaster's amazing playing on all 11 tracks, including: Building the Church · Firewall · Freak Show Excess · K'm-Pee-Du-Wee · Yai Yai · and more.