Chiming in here....I love EJ's older stuff -- Cliffs of Dover gets me hopping anytime I hear it, and lucky for me there is a cover band (the greatest!) here in Baltimore and the lead guitarist, Ben Sherman, shreds right thru Cliffs like no on but EJ himself...jaws drop every time he plays it!
I am also a huge fan - huger than for EJ, as I have not kept up with his stuff - for Steve Vai AND Satch! I have seen Satch twice now and he was killer, and I have only seen Vai once

although I have most of his discs...and just got the DVD - yeah!
For the Love of God is one of the best songs EVER...and Erotic Nightmares is incredible as well. Passion and Warfare is one of the best, if not the best (IMHO here, not trying to start a war!!!) guitar CD ever. Satriani made a huge splash with Surfing With the Alien -- his 'ballad' Always With Me, Always With You is another classic that lives on and on and on....Satch has been more consistent, I think, over the years - I think Strange Beautiful Music was excellent and I'm looking forward to (cool? LOL) #9 --- his 9th studio release, coming this year!
On another note, I'm not sure what hppened to the NP feature here, but right now I'm playing a new CD that is certainly moving me...Andre Andersen's (yes he is the dude from Royal Hunt) 'Ocean View'....oh my G-g-g-g-g-g-god!!! If you like piano and violin and cello, FIND THIS CD....it is a stunner!!!
Cheers!!