I hate 'guitar' records. You know who I mean - Satriani, Vai, Malmsteem, Becker, and so on. But this one is a real rush. The fact that you can't really tell Di Meola, McLaughlin, and De Lucia apart stops this from degenerating into a G3-style pissing contest, and furthermore, shredding just sounds plain better on a acoustic guitar. And crucially, a sense of fun is maintained throughout - witness the way they drop the Pink Panther theme into one of the more tricky compositions.
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