Bernd Steidl is the best guitar player you never heard of. He released a single album (on Shrapnel, which might tell you something) during Mike Varney’s tenure (which might tell you the same thing), featuring Atma Anur on drums (which might tell you the same thing a third time).
The album, Psycho Acoustic Overture, came out in 1992. If you enjoy virtuoso performances on guitar, harp, and drums, in a symphonic, neo-classical context, check it out. Steidl is a shredder, but he does it on a nylon-string acoustic guitar. He is amazing.
Yesterday I made a happy discovery: Steidl has a new website, and he released a new album in January. Here’s a review. Here are the samples. Now get clicking, before he takes another 9 years off.