Yeah, it's definitely kind of an acquired taste--calling his music alienating is being somewhat generous (a few of his albums from around the turn of the century are like... 2 tracks of half-hour long spoken word pieces, for example).
If you do decide to check him out a little more thoroughly, I'd recommend the album You Walk Alone (1988) as a starting point. Unlike most of his work, it has all basically standard chords and progressions (whether it's a second person playing guitar or he just decided to do something different, who knows), which makes it a slightly more accessible starting point.
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