In general, I'm not a Loomis fan. I think he lacks some soul needed to grab me and stir emotions. A handful of bends doesn't make something have feeling, and solos aren't scale exercises.
BUT....I calls em like I sees em, and he is one of the best technical shredders around today, and it would take me 5 years of constant practicing to acheive what he's doing, and maybe that wouldn't even be enough! The stuff he pulls off in his namm videos is just sick I tell you. sick sick sick!