ya I think hes the best guitar player too, I mean, Satriani and Vai basicly all you need to elarn is play it and people willr egonize it, But with Kirk you need his fingers to sound like him, but most of his stuff is penatonic scales n stuff but the solos that really kick ass are the solos that you never hear cuz ppl think there "dumb songs" listen to the solo in "fade to black" "The Outlaw Torn" or "Eye of the Beholder" those are some really cool solos that I think is some of his best work, especially outlaw torn and fade 2 black, sounds actually kinda like a dolphin with the slide he uses