Valery Borisovich Gaina (Russian: Валерий Борисович Гаи́на, [vɐˈɫɛrij bəˈrisəvit͡ɕ ɡɐˈinə], Romanian: Valeriu Găină,[vaˈleriu ɡəˈinə], also spelled Валериу Гэинэ in Moldovan Cyrillic, born 25 July 1956) is a Soviet-born American guitarist, songwriter, composer and singer of Moldovan (Romanian) origin.

He sang in the bands Cordial (from Tiraspol),[3][4] Magistrali (from Blagoveshchensk),[5] Molodye golosa (from Tambov).

[6][7] He gained recognition in 1981, when he presented performances of great audience in the biggest halls in Russia, within the hard-rock band Cruise,[8] where he also asserted himself as a composer.

In the years 1985–1989, some Union and Republican charts classified him as the best rock guitarist in the former U.S.S.R.

In 1988 he moved to Munich, Germany, where he produced two records with the trio Cruise.