Cause of Death .... His Guitar work on this album Makes it one of the Best Death Metal Albums ever! Tho in a close tie for second would be His Work on Low and Disincarnate!
I'd have to say Disincarnate "Dreams Of The Carrion Kind" since its his baby. I have the "Convergence" CD and its really good as far as soloing is concered. Not much into the songwriting though. Obituarys "Cause Of Death" is one of the best releases ever IMO. I learned alot from that CD figuring out his solos on there. James lead playing on "Spiritual Healing" is amazing as well. Tough decision.
Feeding the machine has everything you need IMO. Songwriting, great riffs, great solos, great guest singers, great cover! It lacks a ballad-esque song, which convergence had. I think Feeding is the better of the two solo albums.
I voted for Convergance. I love the ones where he played with bands, but it was on his solo albums that I feel we really saw what he had to offer. Not just the solo's either, the whole structure was amazing.