Hmmm...maybe i'm not all that much wiser. I seem to be possibly the only senior member who still rates Yngwie.... I'll admit he followed a lot of cliches with the vocalists he had and most of his later stuff, but i think the rising force album shows that he is a good musician. As far as Petrucci goes, i only discovered Dream Theater a few months ago, but i think every one of them could quite easily be the best musician in his own field i've ever heard. And i didn't say that to start another of those arguments that all the young 'uns love to have....