There's interesting effects on here and a "post-modern" cyber influence. This guy must of been bottled-up for years cuz he just explodes on this debut. You get it all in vented-out glory, that's for sure! The boundaries are endless on this release with Metal, Jazz, Country, Sci-Fi, Industrial (Fear Factory, Rob Zombie, Korn) and John5 just incorporates all that to his playing. You can use some influences of Satriani, Vai, Guy Mann-Dude, Dave Uhrich and Blues Saraceno and just stamp them into a Metal mold. Just depends what your take is on instrumental music. Most fans are pricks and assume when you leave, you are a traitor...others are more generous and the curiosity gets the best of them. Then you have those who just don't get instrumental music at all (remember we spoke of this already...."where's the words"? or "half-done music" comments have been made). Do yourself a favor and open up the one-track mind and expand your horizons a little bit...you'll thank yourself eventually.