I'm a moderate fan of the genre at best, but I recently discovered this and maybe it's up your alley.
Joel Hoekstra's 13: Joel is an acquaintance of mine, being that up until about 15 years ago he was a Chicagoan. He's actually a very versatile guitar player and made a couple of fusion-y albums earlier on, but after moving to NYC, he found himself in the metal arena; first getting a gig playing on the Broadway rock musical, "Rock of Ages," then joining Night Ranger and currently working with Whitesnake. This is his own project, featuring heavy hitters from the genre like Russell Allen and Vinnie Appice:
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