Vital Pilots is a progressive rock/metal, instrumental band from the Valley in Phoenix, Arizona featuring Elijah Krueger on guitar and Kai Dylan Clark on drums. The duo who were classmates at the Phoenix Conservatory of Music were in the advanced jazz ensemble under the tutelage of talented jazz bassist Will Goble. In 12 months Vital Pilots went from performing on the streets in downtown Phoenix to opening and font lining for legendary musicians like Flotsam and Jetsam, Uli Jon Roth, Greg Howe and The Travis Larson Band. Instrumental Progressive Metal with influences of Mathcore.