Ty Tabor.
Who? Many of you ask. He is the guitarist for King's X. Who? You might ask again. The best band you have never heard of. But ask most of the guitarists listed here (that are still alive) and they will know who he is.
He is an endless supply of guitar riffs and ideas, great song writer and vocalist. Much more well rounded than many of the "shredders". He's heavily influenced by the Beatles, Black Sabath, and Phil Keaggy (to name a few).
He's been with King's X and several earlier itterations of the same group since the early 80's and they are still cranking out tunes. He's also done a couple solo albums and several side projects:
Platypus (John Myung bass for Dreamtheater, Rod Morganstein - drumer for Dixie Dregs, Derek Sherinian - keyboards, used to be with DT)
Jelly Jam (John Myung, Rod Morganstein)
Jughead (Matt Bisonnette, Derek Sherinian)
I compiled some clips if you want to hear what he sounds like. The clips aren't the greatest since they don't always play the best parts of the songs, at least from a guitarists perspective, but here you go:
[b][url="http://www.kingsxonline.com"]King's X[/url][/b]
Gretchen Goes To Nebraska
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]Over My Head[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]Summerland[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Pleiades[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/793/116793_1_12.asx?obj=v40525"]The Burning Down[/url]
Faith Hope Love
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/792/116792_1_02.asx?obj=v40525"]It's Love[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/792/116792_1_11.asx?obj=v40524"]We Were Born To Be Loved[/url]
King's X (self titled)
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/794/116794_1_04.asx?obj=v40525"]Lost In Germany[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/794/116794_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Black Flag[/url]
Dogman
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_01.asx?obj=v40525"]Dogman[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_04.asx?obj=v40525"]Flies and Blue Skies[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_05.asx?obj=v40525"]Black the Sky[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_09.asx?obj=v40525"]Complain[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_11.asx?obj=v40525"]Cigarettes[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/791/116791_1_13.asx?obj=v40525"]Pillow[/url]
Ear Candy
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/514/265514_1_13.asx?obj=v40526"]Life Going By[/url]
Tapehead
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/317/289317_1_09.asx?obj=v30821"]Higher Than God[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/317/289317_1_10.asx?obj=v30821"]Happy[/url]
Please Come Home... Mr Bulbous
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/740/363740_1_08.asx?obj=v30325"]Bitter Sweet[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/740/363740_1_10.asx?obj=v30325"]Move Me[/url]
Black Like Sunday
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_01.asx?obj=v30522"]Black Like Sunday[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_08.asx?obj=v30522"]Bad Luck[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/177/476177_1_13.asx?obj=v30522"]Johnny[/url]
[b]Platypus[/b]
Ice Cycles
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_03.asx?obj=v10806"]The Tower[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_06.asx?obj=v10806"]25[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/891/358891_1_09.asx?obj=v10806"]Partial To the Bean[/url]
[b]Jelly Jam[/b] (they also just released a new album as well, called Jelly Jam 2)
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/448/437448_1_04.asx?obj=v20628"]Nature's Girl[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/448/437448_1_07.asx?obj=v20628"]The Jelly Jam[/url]
[b]Jughead[/b]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/275/454275_1_01.asx?obj=v20926"]Halfway Home to Elvis[/url]
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/275/454275_1_11.asx?obj=v20926"]Paging Willie Mays[/url]
[b]Safety[/b] (latest solo album)
[url="http://mfile.akamai.com/6572/wm2/muze.download.akamai.com/2890/us/uswm2/541/446541_1_04.asx?obj=v30319"]Funeral[/url]
Now, go listen!