He's definitely got a bit of Holdsworth flavor in him. It's hard not to draw from his sound a bit if you're playing in that genre. He's got a much different approach to his phrasing, but he's got a similar sense of articulation and dyamic. His technique really is great...he's one of the only players (apart from fingerstyle players and country guys) who's really embraced hybrid picking and that's really laid the foundation for a lot of his other good qualities. My favorite recordings of his (garsed, that is) are on the new PlanetX cd and on the Centrifigal Funk cd he did with Lane and Gambale years ago. I can only REALLY enjoy his playing in those kind of contexts because it's generally in smaller doses than his solo stuff and it's balanced out by other players, etc. Of course, I think his solo stuff is great and well-worth checking out, but I find myself fastfowarding a lot when I listen to it.