I didn't really mean Surfing With an Alien was soul less, and don't get me wrong I know he's a great player, but I don't get that same jive I do with certain other guitarists. Alot of it comes down to personal tastes anyway. To me anything Hendrix touched was great, but he was my primary influence when I started playing aeons ago, I'm a lefty too and I think maybe in my head I just had a bond with his music when I was a child, stupid maybe but I grew up idolizing him.
And Band of Gypsies, man, R.I.P. Buddy Miles by the way, he just passed a couple days ago. Marty Friedman is another one Dorian, you said it. I like anything he plays on, of course I prefer the Megadeth years when he was in the band. And no, Guitar Hero does not count by any stretch.