Batten played
lead guitar and
rhythm guitar on Michael Jackson's
Bad (1987–1989),
Dangerous (1992) and
HIStory (1996–1997) world tours. She also appeared in the
1993 Super Bowl halftime performance with Michael Jackson which was aired to over 1.5 billion people across 80 countries, making it the largest audience in television history for a live music performance. While on the
Dangerous Tour, Batten found Jeff Beck, English guitar legend and Batten's idol from her teenage years, and gave him her first CD. Beck called her back a few months later, asking her to join him on tour in 1998. She was in Jeff Beck's touring band for three years and appears on his albums
Who Else! (1999) and
You Had It Coming. Beck's bands for the 30 years before Batten had never featured a female instrumentalist. While on tour with Michael Jackson, Batten encountered confusion for both her guitar style and onstage appearance. Her musical style of virtuoso hard rock lead guitar was most associated with men, and her fashion sense was similar to male guitarists in the
glam metal genre of the era. Batten stated "it's a shock for some people to see a woman playing the guitar. All over the world, on the Michael Jackson tour, people would ask me whether I was a man or woman. Just because I played guitar, they assumed I was a guy." Some observers believed Batten was a man who looked like a woman, rather than accept she was female. Between 1994 and 1999, Batten worked with
Dave Rodgers and
Domino as featured guitarist on the
Eurobeat songs "Sun City", "Music For the People", "Fly" and "Woa Woa Woa." Her writing and performing is uncredited on several other songs under the A-Beat C label. Her live Eurobeat appearances were limited to playing at the
Tokyo Dome with Rodgers and Queen of Hearts. Batten has appeared on recordings such as
Jeff Beck's
Who Else! (1999) and
You Had It Coming (2001) as well as
Michael Sembello's
Heavy Weather (1992). Her music video appearances include Jeff Beck ("Live in Japan"), Michael Jackson's "
Moonwalker" ("
Come Together"),
Natalie Cole ("
Wild Women Do"),
Sara Hickman's "Take It Like a Man",
Miguel Mateos' "Obsesión", and
Jason Becker's "Some Assembly Required". She appears on the 2004 album
Spin the Bottle: An All-Star Tribute to Kiss, with
Lemmy Kilmister and
Samantha Maloney, performing "Shout It Out Loud". In 2010, she recorded a solo for the song "Bad Girls" by Polish singer
Doda. In 2017, she partnered on a melodic rock CD with vocalist Marc Scherer and producer
Jim Peterik (formerly of
Survivor) which was released in September, entitled
Scherer Batten - BattleZone. All songs were written or co-written by Peterik. Special guests included saxophonist
Mindi Abair and
Chicago vocalist
Bill Champlain. The song "Space and Time" was co-written with
John Wetton, and "All Roads" was co-written with
Sammy Hagar. Batten made videos for all songs on her YouTube channel. More recently, Batten held guitar residency for the
Cirque Du Soleil show
Zumanity in Las Vegas. ==Other work==