He's pretty amazing, he was a bit better guys like Dave Mustaine and Chris Holmes in his golden days but he was under rated. He isn't the best ever though, he takes the gold when modern guitarists that get so much media attention and worships such as Kirk Hammet and the estranged Bucket Head come in. Guys like these were never widely acknowledged for their skills, still aren't but it's clear that he is better then the big names today, well then again alot of big named guitarists bite ass.