Behold the guitar instrumental cover of Toto's Africa you didn't know you needed

Mateus Asato has followed up his recent Beatles and Tears For Fears instrumental covers with another gem; this time it's Toto's AOR classic Africa that's getting the fingerstyle treatment. This time on a stunning Gretsch White Falcon.

Asato's masterful voicings prove will give students a lot to unpick here. And if that's whet your appetite you can check out his recent original piece The Cure below. 

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Rob Laing
Guitars Editor, MusicRadar

I'm the Guitars Editor for MusicRadar, handling news, reviews, features, tuition, advice for the strings side of the site and everything in between. Before MusicRadar I worked on guitar magazines for 15 years, including Editor of Total Guitar in the UK. When I'm not rejigging pedalboards I'm usually thinking about rejigging pedalboards.