Buckethead & Friends was released on October 25, 2005 on Serjical Strike records. It features collabarations with several different artists including Serj Tankian from System of a Down, Saul Williams, Efrem Schulz from Death By Stereo, Ejigayehu "Gigi" Shibabaw, Maura Davis from Ambulette, Azam Ali, Shana Halligan from Bitter:Sweet, Donald Conviser, Maximum Bob formaly of Deli Creeps, Ani Maldjian and finaly Keith Aazami and Dirk Rogers who are both members of Bad Acid Trip.
Like most Buckethead albums it features a wide variety of musical styles, but there are also vocals included in every song except 'Nottingham Lace'