Alexi, in a guitarits's own opinion, is the better musician here. For starters, he writes MUCH better music (for most of the songs are written by him) and can play a diverse amount of licks, riffs, solos and some tricks. Unfortunately he is no steve vai (becuase he is god) but at least he can remain true to his songs on stage instead of screwing up all the time like herman. So all around, Alexi is truely the master guitarist here. So fucking what if herman can play at a gagillion beats a minute? That truely does NOT mean SHIT. If you sound good, no matter WHAT your speed is, then you are a truely good guitarist. Take slash from guns 'n roses or the guitarist from poison for example. Some of thier solos are slow, but they always sound good. That is the true trademark of a talented guitarist. Thank you