Right, so I have a bit of an affection for shred. There's something quite brilliantly beautiful about men who've spent huge portions of their life playing music that hasn't been fashionable since about 1986 or so. And while they might not produce music that I can listen to always, a lot of these guys can play the absolute shit out of their instruments in ways most of us can't really imagine.
To start us off,
here's a lovely clip of Vai, Satriani and Malmsteen playing a Hendrix song.