Shredding can be done tastefully and with excitement or it can be pointless, boring fretwanking. What's great about Satch is that he can play it slow and soulful or just simply burn. 'Flying in a blue dream' is the evidence. Toons like 'Surfing with the alien' & 'Cant slow down' are just downright bloody exciting. On the other hand the 'classical' type shred of Malmsteen etc bores the hell out of me.