EVH wrote the famous guitar shred for Michael Jackson's Beat It, another all time great riff, in about 15 minutes.
He was a true virtuoso of rock guitar. Hopefully in his death, he will get more attention. People today have little concept of listening to an entire album start to finish. I wore out copies of I, 1984, OU812 and For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge. VH was a big part of the soundtrack of my youth.