I wasn't talking about the riffs. Muhammed plays the same patterns and sweep-picked arpeggios in every solo, he is not brilliant in that regard. Hell, all the songs are in the same key! Tapped arpeggios aren't anything too hard anyway. I don't find his soloing anything truly special. Do I like the band, yes I've bought both of their cds. I wouldn't even consider Muhammed a pimple on Becker's ass though.