“He came up and said, ‘Hey Herman, how’s it going?’ That was a shocker!”: the encounter with a guitar legend that left Dragonforce’s Herman Li speechless

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Dragonforce guitarist Herman Li isn’t a man who is easily star-struck. As one of power metal’s foremost shred-wizards, he’s collaborated with everyone from Babymetal to Trivium’s Matt Heafy. And then there’s his hugely successful Twitch and YouTube channels, which have seen him facing down such fellow fret-botherers as Paul Gilbert of Mr Big, Polyphia’s Tim Henson, and ex-Megadeth axeman Kiko Loureiro.

But, speaking in the brand new issue of Metal Hammer, Herman reveals that there is one legendary guitarist who left him speechless when they crossed paths – and not just because of his guitar skills. They unexpectedly met at a gig in London more than a decade ago, leaving the Dragonforce man reeling.