I've recently been getting into some of the instrumental rock that's out there. People like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai (the former was a teacher of the latter). This is really good music. It takes the traditional riffs and techniques that you hear in the electric guitar solos in songs and spins them out into 5 or 6 minute instrumentals with a virtuosity that I'd normally associate with classical guitar.

I'll add videos from home tonight, but are there other fans of this kind of music on WC? Other suggestions to listen to?