On May 3rd, guitar legend Michael Schenker performed at the RockBar in San Jose, California. Metallica guitarist joined Schenker and his band for UFO's "Natural Thing" and the Scorpions hit "Blackout". Hammett hits the stage at the 4:40 mark in the clip below.

Hammett: "An honor to share the stage with Michael Schenker, Herman Rarebell & Francis Buchhol last night! Fanboy Level: EXTREME!"

The clip below features a behind-the-scenes look at That Metal Show's historic 2015 jam with Michael Schenker (MSG, Scorpions) and Kirk Hammett (Metallica):

Ever since Kirk Hammett first picked up the electric guitar, he dreamed of jamming one day with Michael Schenker. TMS made it happen and the world’s most recognized heavy metal guitarist, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, jammed live on stage with UFO/Scorpions guitar legend, Michael Schenker, during last week’s That Metal Show episode.

Hammett flew in for the sole purpose of appearing alongside his guitar idol on the show hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine. As Hammett stated in two recent tweets this week on his twitter account, “Today I was in fanboy hero worship mode w/ @MW Schenker Thanks @ThatMetalShow!” and later adding, “Still wrapping my head around yesterday. Jamming w/ my guitar idol Michael Schenker, it was a mind bending, a truly inspirational experience!”. During the interview, both Kirk and Michael discussed their current projects, and Hammett updated us on the status of the next Metallica project.  During the “TMS Top 5” where the hosts discussed their Top 5 Michael Schenker UFO-era Songs, Hammett included his Top 6 picks as well.

The episode also featured the debut of Damon Johnson from Black Star Riders as the guest musician who discusses the new Black Star Riders record and his time playing with Thin Lizzy. Johnson wows the crowd by showcasing his lap steel guitar playing abilities and lives up to the challenge of playing in front of Hammett and Schenker, leaving them impressed with his abilities. Johnson also tweeted about his experience on the show on how he felt watching the guitar legends play, “Not a bad way to spend a Tuesday afternoon…”

Fans can watch all previous episodes and other exclusive bonus clips at this location and on the new VH1 app, as well as the new That After Show segment, which discusses the intricacies of Michael’s style of playing guitar, and Kirk Hammett tells the story of purchasing the legendary Peter Green Les Paul guitar, which was once owned by Gary Moore of Thin Lizzy fame, and now we know that Kirk keeps this prize by the entrance of his house so it is always close when he gets home.

(Pictures by Colin Douglas Gray)