Hey Joe - and everyone else out there - check out this song from musicianwar.com. I don't know who it is,but the first part is one of coolest, most innovative pieces of guitar work I've heard in a long time: http://www.musicianwar.com/sounds/tworivers.mp3

It starts with a plain-ish melody, and then launches into a really cool arpeggiated passage with a descending pedal-note riff that's simply awesome. Given the fireworks, the really amazing thing is how listenable it is. Reminded me a little of some of your earlier stuff, and bits of Steve Vai's Passion and Warfare.

It turns into a kind of weird tune after that, and doesn't return to the original phrase which I thought was a shame, but anyway it's definitely worth 30 seconds to check it out the first part.

There are some other good pieces in the site's "hall of fame" but I thought Two Rivers was the best of them.

http://www.musicianwar.com/hall/