(What, you've never listened to Ed Wynne's guitar magic? I started with Arborescence in 1993 and have never looked back - if you like this stuff there's good news - they have about 20 albums)...
MR BUNGLE
(this can seriously screw with your head, like any Mike Patton project).
OPETH
("Damnation", to put me to sleep - wonderful tones).
Spedzar - "the sound of one hand tapping"...