Sometimes, the claim of " I'm the best " is just self promotion, not in an arrogant sense but in a business sense, alot of the soft spoken guys don't get much press reguardless of talent, Alan Holdsworth, Eric Johnson, somebody has to "Blow your Horn", somebody has to tell the world about you, if you have talent, then others will pick up on it and start spreading the word for you, even then you have to have a "Gig", niche, market, band , someplace to apply your talent, so it can get the "stage" you are looking for. Mc9mm, says you could theoretically determine who is best, I disagree, Who makes up the test? Even if I hear someone and say he's the best, thats still just my opinion, and nothing more, no matter how you slice it, "The Best" is only subjective to opinion.........