Do you think it would be safe to say that EVH was just as classically influenced in his playing as Rhoads? I know he falls more under the category of rock, but I've been thinking and it seems that while Rhoads is seen as the "classical-metal" guitarist (not to say that he was a special classical player: I agree with you luigi), EVH doesn't get as much credit that way. EVH was a a classical pianist and has incorporated some classical ideas to the guitar. I heard that he got the idea to tap (yes yes, I know he wasn't the inventor of it) by piano players who would play fast triplets... I dunno... what do you guys think?