Someone in my class is an absolute Bach FANATIC...she loves him. I bet if he was alive she'd try to marry him. She is about like 10 years older than me and told me she was raised on nothing but classical...we had time to discuss some music during our breaks and stuff. Actually I had been telling her the different things I like, and I am going to tape her some Yngwie Malmsteen because the whole metal/classical crossover thing sort of intrigued her during our discussions (I listen to a variety of different types of music). I consider him a composer too, not just some aging metalhead guitarist. Before him I don't recall many of the other guitar god guys mentioning that their main influences were Bach and Nicolo Paganini. I really like his stuff, and thought the project he did with the Czech Republic Orchestra was awesome.