After the more introspective questions posed by IronHedgehog, I sat in the proverbial interviewer's seat and let loose with several bizarre questions in the format of Metal Sludge, a news and interview site known for its particular brand of crass humour. Come inside for an informal perspective on Jun's thoughts and influences!

1. Okay...I'm gonna say a guitarist's name and I want you to rate him on a scale of 1 to 10. Here we go...

Steve Vai 9, he is just a God.
Eddie Van Halen Actually, only 8 since I was not into the Roth era - I like the Sammy stuff.
Richie Sambora I do love his playing and also his singing too - I think he does play for the song and I like his style of solo...like I can sing his solo, like a solo that has a lot of melodies and humming, that sorta stuff is my favourite...
George Lynch He's an amazing player - When I was a high school student, I wanted to be like him, that's the reason I purchased the kamikaze. But actually, I did not copy his style so much...8.
Neal Schon These are all of my favourite guitar players, it's pretty tough to give a score...[pauses] I like what he did for Bad English, 7.
Akira Takasaki Actually, I was not into Loudness at all. I only have the CD called Soldiers of Fortune with the American singer. Steve Stevens was meant to play in Japan in 1990, but suddenly he cancelled his show and then Loudness joined to fill the blank, so that's the reason I purchased the Loudness CD...but I know Akira Takasaki is one of the most impressive japanese guitar players. 5?
Steve Lukather I like most of his jobs. These days...the Christmas album was nice. Totally nice. I like his sound and the way he plays. 8.
Slash I do have all the Guns N' Roses CDs and also Velvet Revolver. I do like Velvet Revolver much better...as a guitar player, about 6.
Warren DeMartini 10! I'm not sure you know the song from Dweezil Zappa. On his solo album, there are lots of guitar players sharing solo times, and I can hear the differences in the sound. That means he has his own sound, you know? I like his tone, his sound, and style of playing. Just incredible and he is the reason I started playing guitar.
Andy Timmons He's amazing! I think he is pretty underrated as a guitar player. 9.

2. How was JXJ recieved in Japan?

It was just fun project for both of us...and for Japanese fans, for my Japanese fans, they didnt know music with the Japanese female singer, and also for Junko-san and they dont know Junko's performances on such hard rocking stuff. So, we just we wanted to try and just see what happens with the project and then...actually we do have 10 or such kinda songs. We have a plan to do a hard rocking album, this October or November, then maybe we will do another CD for next April.

3. Who would win in a fight, Crush 40 or S.S.T. band?

Oh, Crush 40, definitely. [laughs]

4. Last of Jun Senoue...

Last book you read? Not magazine, right? Hmm..I dont remember, I dont have enough time to read long stories...I usually read magazines.
Last CD you listened to? Click 5.
Last movie you watched in the theatre? Cars - I like the song performed by Sheryl Crow for Cars. Great telecaster tones!
Last show you attended? I had a ticket for the Poison singer but I could not go to the show...
Last time you performed live? 1 1/2 months ago.
Last time you spoke to Johnny? I spoke to him the day before yesterday.
Last celebrity you met? Eric Martin or Amir Derakh.
Last time you used chopsticks? Maybe 2 days ago.

5. Alright, this is have you ever...I'm gonna ask if you've done something, just say if you've done it or not.

Wished you could play the SONIC guitar again? Oh yeah.
Googled your name? Mm-hm.
Been challenged to a guitar duel? No.
Been stalked by a fan? No.
Sang along to a Morning Musume tune? [laughs] No no no.
Climbed Mt. Fuji? No.
Played a guitar solo over 20 minutes long? 20 minutes long?! No.
Seen a ghost? No...I've seen a ghost in the movie Ghost!

6. Preferences, I'm just gonna say two things and just answer with which one you like.

San Francisco or Matushima? San Francisco, I like my current life.
Loudness or EZO? EZO.
McDonalds or Burger King? McDonalds.
Coca Cola or Pepsi? Coke.
Anthem or Earthshaker? Actually I dont have anything by both bands...maybe Anthem?
Budokan or Shibuya Kokaido? Shibuya Kokaido is more familiar to me.
Metallica or Megadeth? Megadeth...actually so far so good so what, the third CD, was one of my most favourite albums.
Yomiuri Giants or San Francisco Giants? San Francisco Giants.
Styx or Journey? Journey.
WWE or Sumo? Maybe WWE, but I'm not into fighting stuff.

7. Word Association: I'm just gonna say a word, and you tell me your thoughts on it.

X-Japan - Boss...I need to let you know. X is a huge band and they have some kind of management company and also a record company. Extasy something...in 1996, I was in a band with a member of the Extasy group, which means that X-Japan is our boss.
KISS - The band? [laughs] Tommy Thayer's new band.
Marty Friedman - Amazing Japanese guitar player.
Mr. Big - I love their songs..and also both guitar players too.
The Last Samurai - Never seen it...
Domokun - The character from NHK? My drummer (Mark Schuman) has Domokun stuff in his studio. Domo domo..
Minoru Niihara - Samurai sSinger, he has a good personality.
Razor Ramone Hard Gay - I've never seen his performance before, I just saw like a picture...so I dont know what he does. Weird Rob Halford.

8. If you could change one thing in the past, what would it be?

Nothing too much but...[pauses to reflect]...when I was 9 years old, I dont know the reason why, but my eyesight was okay in April but in August I had to wear glasses. I lost some of my eyesight...maybe there was some kind of reason, but..hmm.

Many thanks to Jun for putting up with these crazy questions and for not taking them too seriously!