Originally Posted by: pureman this guy is pretty boring.... go check out Michael Angelo Batio

once you're done watching that, go to his website

That was really contradicting seeing as Michael Angelo Batio is a stunt guitarist who can't write anything meaningful for his life...Speed Lives is alright, but the only parts I really like are pretty mch derived from Bach and Vivaldi. If you want to here real guitar, listen to Steve Vai, and ESPECIALLY watch him perform live, he and his band put on the best live performance in history for musicians, their creativity and phrasing will surprise and amaze you. Also check out Satriani, songs like Searching, etc... and John Petrucci ofcourse...but if all you are interested in is speed, then you can also check out Rusty Cooley, he isn't as meaningful of a player as the rest, but he is flawless with his technique and just plain godly at guitar, and his phrasing is amazing, he's really polyphonic.