Originally Posted by Plankton

He was in BLS (Black Light Syndrome/Bozzio Levin Stevens) with Levins, who carries a lot of weight where ever he lands, so not surprising they cross over a bit. Stevens was influenced by a performance he caught from Paco de Lucía and created the album Flamenco-A-GoGo (where that ^ song comes from). Petrucci cites Al Di Meola as an influence, and de Lucía and Di Meola have worked together, so they all kind of mix together, even with Szabo. I wouldn't be surprised to connect them all to Andre Segovia at some undocumented point.