Gilmour is awesome. He truly a guitarist who understands that a solo is a part of a song and not an opportunity to show his chops. He has a subtlety in his playing that few are lucky to have. I mean, c'mon...the solo in Comfortably Numb heightens the song in a way nothing else could. That is skill and in only a few notes.

Too bad your mates don't want that. I would not say I am a crazed fan of Flyd but I do dig them and if someone in a band said, 'hey, lets do this Floyd song'...I'd be down for that.