What got you into Evergrey?

Meeting Henrik Danhage at a friends wedding, he was very down to earth and cool so I figured I'd buy a copy of the album coming out (In search..). Well it changed my perspective on music! Not sure wheather to sell my instruments and give up or to be inspired in awe....
 
I'm actually not into them yet. I saw that they were on preorder on The End Records and was wondering how popular they could be to get that status. I listened to the sample they had and liked it, then saw a video of theirs and ordered two of them. I'm eagerly awaiting for them in the mail now. I'm not a big fan of prog and have never been able to get into it at all but I suspect from what I heard, Evergrey could change my mind. It shouldn't be too hard since the vocals remind me of Yngwie's old vocalist from back in the day. Reading all of your posts has only heightened my anticipation so I hope they're here tomorrow!