Yeah, but here's the thing: almost to a man, the biggest "shredder guys" like Yngwie, Vai, Satch ever really wrote any great SONGS, man. Not that weren't solely instrumental guitar solo vehicles anyway, by and large. Jimmy Page is arguably the best rock guitarist ever BECAUSE of the songs he wrote.
It's fair to note that Jimmy Pace did not sing. He needed a singer. Billy strings does not have that requirement. He's a pretty good singer. He's not the best ever, but he's good enough to put him in that rarefied air where he's good at all three things. Great player, good singer, great song writer
And so because of the poor songwriting element and the repetition with which the shredder guys function within that space, it just gets really old and boring really quick.
I agree. Shredding is ultimately performance art, in my opinion.
*Page!