Yeah, I think most of the "guitar virtuosos" albums aren't good. Michael Romeo for instance, good player. Heard a few of his songs with symphony X, but very boring. Weak personality. Gilmour is good in my opinion. Alot of personality and it's done without playing extremely fast for 5 minutes. Yes sad and depressing, but then again it's stoner rock. Dream theatre is cool because there are alot of really good musicians in that band. As for albums I wouldn't buy, albums when the guitarist is the only good player in the band, or at least it's more about the guitarist. I like to hear how things blend together, more than how great one person is over everyone else.