i'm a massive fusion fiend.... all the usual suspects (alan holdsworth, frank gambale, Tribal Tech, bill connors, mike stern, etc.), as well as tons of not as well known acts (Fragile (jp), Scott McGill, Terje Rypdal, Nguyên Lê, etc.).... and have done a fair bit of engineering in the genre, especially back in the mid to late 90's. lot's of you guys, i'm sure, have only become aware of me as a producer/engineer/mixer since the last few years... but i've been at it some time now, nearly 15 years... just didn't focus on metal as much.
here's some clips from a couple of fusion albums i recorded in the late 90's...
the first one is called Vital Tech Tones, feat. Steve Smith, Scott Henderson, & Victor Wooten:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5jER8JoYKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLxwn1u1GWk
the second one is called Show Me What You Can Do, feat. Steve Smith, Frank Gambale, & Stu Hamm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc6mdFLf044
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSioZsX3PH8
thx to youtube's shit compression the sound is quite mangled.. but you get the idea.