Well I'm automatically not voting for the Dragonforce guys since all of their songs go something like this just in a different variation
"We will travel through mountains and slay the evil dragon with our sworRAB of love and conquer fear from the world above and fly away to our dreams through the battlefield we go on"
And that's why I can't understand why people just pass him off as a shredder. I do prefer Tender Surrender though - it doesn't meander as much. Satriani is actually a great songwriter, especially Strange Beautiful Music era. Malmsteen is rubbish IMO.
Eddie Van Halen. im truly impressed with his work, its amazing whenever i see anything from him. long live Eddie Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen and Wolfgang Van Halen. mmmhmmm
John Frusciante is awesome mainly because people can connect with him. many song writers have that ability. i love it when they do. Conor Oberst, Patrick Wolf, Elliott Smith. All great song writers who have that ability. Check em out if you havent. But anyway. I love Frusciante.