i will appreciate any musician, who has a real reason to take a guitar in his hands and make a record. that means no kurt cobain, and not all those travis kind of bands that you can see around latley
i dont think everybody should be like satriani, and i dont like shredding much, but i think he deserves all the respect, because he is a great guitar player, no matter what
especialy when today guitar player is anyone who can play 2 chords in a row