Steve Vai

because a good majority of the stuff is just guitar wankery. He's a musician for guitarists, and outside of that, he really loses his audience

Too shreddy.

>>74541249
There's no such thing dammit!! You can NEVER be too shreddy!

>>74540631
lacks the ability to write melody everything he does is formless, and he rarely revisits heads to legitimize what little melody he creates

Extremely technically proficient guitarist but a mediocre composer, if that. He has no sense of form or structure, and he doesn't have any memorable riffs or melodies to compensate.