“Like a lot of guitar players of my generation, my first exposure to Allan Holdsworth came through Eddie Van Halen. Back in the late 70s and early 80s, Eddie completely changed the guitar world, and we were hanging on every word he said.
When he talked about how much he loved Allan – especially Hell’s Bells from Bruford’s One Of A Kind – I paid attention. I went straight out and bought the album. Putting it on felt like crossing a line: this wasn’t party rock any more; it was fusion and progressive music, and I absolutely loved it.
