Nuno is an amazing guitarist! People underestimate him. I have heard him play everything from the fastest picking run to the sweetest legato, from jazz to funk and he plays it better then just about anyone out there.
You would be hard pressed to find another guitarist that is as good as he is. Who cares if he got famous in the 80's? Does that make his playing irrelevant? NO! Listen to "Midnight" off of "Waiting for the punchline" or "Mutha (Don't want to go to school today)" off of the first Extreme cd. And on "Ponograffitti" listen to his version of "Flight of the Bumblebee" his is called "flight of the wounded bumble bee".
Or for that matter listen to the whole cd "Three sides to every story". You will not find another album in that genre as advantageous as that one. Period!
Nuno is a remarkable musician and I would put him up against anyone, anyday.