It's because of Ys, Lords of Thunder, Download 2, etc. That I got into progressive rock, namely, Joe Satriani, Vinnie Moore(who I think sounds most like Lords), & Dream Theater! I'm also starting to check out Dragon Force. Yngwei Malmsteen has some incredible stuff as well, as many of you know, one of the boss songs from Ys 4, is infact, a version of one of his songs, though I forget the name at the moment.