Richie Sambora is back, and apparently sober.

Just two weeks after an arrest for drunk driving,the lead guitarist for Jersey rock band Bon Jovi was back to his old self Wednesday night during a concert in downtown Los Angeles.

About mid-way through the packed show, lead singer Jon Bon Jovi singled Sambora out to the crowd, calling him his dear friend as fans cheered wildly. Bon Jovi then left the stage while Sambora, sporting black leather pants and a black top hat, played guitar and sang lead vocals on one of the band’s best-known ballads, “I’ll Be There For You.”

While it wasn’t Sambora’s first show since his arrest, it was a sort of homecoming for the Jersey boy who has made the area his home. The guitarist, and ex-husband of Heather Locklear, was arrested in Laguna Beach on March 26, apparently with his 10-year-old daughter in the car.

All that seemed far away on Wednesday night, though, as the band plowed through three decades of hit songs to a crowd of thousands.

And Richie never missed a beat.