Hmm, that's a tough one for me. At one point I had nothing for influences beyond radio friendly, monotonous power chord sporting pieces of crap. Over the years my observations have yielded many truly talented/creative influences (all of which I can't begin to name). I'm not going to begin to state that my "current" favorites are the best, just that I find them to be really really good. I'd have to say Opeth's Mikael Akerfeldt for his creative complexity and Cryptopsy's John Levaussuer for his speed and brutality. Of course I'm very much influenced by Joe Satriani, Michael Angelo Batio and Jimmy Page for pretty much obvious reasons. But my favorite guitarist is always changing, just depends on what I"m in the mood for.