Under-rated, Shaun Baxter. I listened to Satriani for years before I heard him and had acclimatised to being demoralised by widdley playing but this guy REALLY scared the crap out of me. What's'more nobody else sounds like him. It's really jazzy yet heavy with tons of freaky expressive bending, sweeps, taps and pinches and the oddest timings conceivable. Some people would say its soul-less but that's not always the case, he can play beautiful music when he's not playing stunt guitar.
If I couldn't laugh at myself how could I laugh at someone less ridiculous?