http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/07/brother_cane_guitarist_dave_an.html
Just the Van Halen part here

I know as a guitarist, Eddie Van Halen means a lot to you – like he does to a lot of people – especially as you were growing up. Got any cool stories from when Brother Cane toured with Van Halen in the mid-90s as their opening act?

Oh yeah. The coolest was the first show we did with them, in Dayton (Ohio), I watched their soundcheck and Eddie walked past after it was done and kind of smiled and nodded and then he came back and said, “Are you in Brother Cane?” And I said, “Yeah,” and he threw his arms around me and said, “Welcome aboard.” That and – we did a couple months worth of shows – playing our set and looking over and him standing there watching and nodding and smiling. That was surreal.

The coolest one was the last show we did, Irvine Meadows (Amphitheatre in California), he came into the dressing room, and I kept wanting to tell him … You know, I played “Eruption” when I was in 10th grade at a pep rally. I had glasses and pencil-thin neck and braces, and I stepped to the middle of the gym and played the finger-tapping part and the crowd went nuts and that sealed the deal: I was going to do this for a living.

And I kept wanting to tell him the story. But I thought, “How many times has he heard this kind of thing?” So he came into the dressing room and the band kept saying, “Tell him, Dave. Tell him.” And he said, “Tell me what?” and I told him the story and again he threw his arms around me and said, “Man, that’s the greatest story ever.” To be able to tell him that story was just very surreal.

Ed was always an awesome guy. This was during the balance 95 tour I believe.

Rob

Cool story, thanks for sharing. Yeah, I have to agree with Rob, aside from Sammy, I can’t recall anyone in an interview ever saying he was an asshole to them. Even when I met him he was very gracious.