theres alot of players i respect that dont get mentioned by many guitarists...and i think its primarilly becusae most guitarists' version of the "holy grail" is satch and vai...and maybe malmsteem or even (god forbid) michael angelo. i love shred as much as anyone here, but its really hard to step out of the mindset that you can ONLY show talent through that egotistical kind of "instrumental prog metal". ive listened to django for a while now, and enjoyed picking through parts of "honeysuckle rose", but a guitarist no one mentions that i find hugely inspirational is mark knoffler. maybe one day he'll get the respect i think he deserves from other guitar players...but probably not ;)