Met him in Australia when he was doing a Guitar Clinic in Melbourne

Really nice guy. Great guitarist for sure but as much as i love fast solos and sweep picking. I find fast guitar solos really boring

However my fav guitarist of all time are John Petrucci of Dream Theater and Steve Morse of Dixie Dregs and Deep Purple

But i have learnt alot from Batio. He truly is king of shred

For me (personally), if i wanted to play a instrumental piece it would have to be musical and exciting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edqH0ofRQrM