Kelly Badon. ( ex side A )
i know many peeps would say that Levon's got better chops than Kelly...
maybe bcoz Levon can do Vai, PG, Petrucci chops ( & so does everybody else who shreds
)...
but Kelly is a seasoned veteran. He can play all the gtr solos of Stelly Dan tunes ( some 3 decades back, the band was called Paztilan, before they became side A ). Kelly also does Joe Pass, Danny Gatton, Mike Stern, John Scofield, John Abercrombie, Larry Coryell , Al di Meola, Larry Carlton, Lukather, Robben Ford & Django licks... but one of his favorites is John McLaughlin.
We were Mahavishnu freaks long before these shredders started worshiping Yngwie