Ah, see, I thought we were talking about overall musicality, not just VROOM VROOM RAWR!!! speed!!!
(Also, I loved Vai in Yankee Rose, from DLR's short-lived supergroup
(I saw Extreme with Mr Big supporting here in Melbourne a couple of years ago - Paul was good but spent the whole set goofing off, clearly on autopilot, which was disappointing, as I really like him. Billy was utterly UTTERLY amazing, as expected, and Eric can very clearly no longer sing. OTOH, Extreme were even better than I expected, and I'd waited two decades to see them. Only disappointment was the (as expected) truncated version of Decadance Dance
I just love that opening chord...)