To be honest, I'm not familiar with his work at all...just his name. Any recommendations? I do know that all of my guitar-playing/bass-playing friends are really torn up right now.
"Well, there's one other guy whose work I know who should be included in that list who I respect and that's Allan Holdsworth." Frank Zappa Q: Was there ever a practitioner of the guitar - Hendrix say - that blew you away in terms of being a total original? FZ: "One of the most interesting guys on guitar on the planet is Allan Holdsworth. I really respect his playing."