I think that "tired" is a better description....after 2+ months on the road with TSO then doing a handful of AST dates in CA in mid January then he did four days of NAMM.
I believe these photos were shot and the interview was done at the same time he was in CA for NAMM.
Also, if you go to www.yamaha.com/namm and click on "Guitars" then "Alex Skolnick Booth Performances" there are some nice acoustic videos of him. There are also some video clips of him doing a few songs with blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa as well....good stuff, check it out....
Thanks GG for the interview in the catalog. I would've missed it otherwise. It was good to read that Alex is happy with all the projects he's involved with.