Originally Posted by jackhammer

I personally think that certain musicians no matter what genre they play are generally appreciated by musicians whereas the casual fan of the given genre are not musicians and are bored easily by the endless noodling.

This goes for fret wankers, drum heads, bass twiddlers or keyboard tinklers. Whenever members of a band do a solo spot I am bored crapless no matter what band they are in. I know that the examples you are putting forward are artists in their own right but I am not a musician so I just don't like virtuosity in music and it just has to be accepted that many people feel the same way.