yes, there are better, he is better than about anyone in the mainstream though. look at it this way i guess, if you were just going to post the best of something there would be one thread in here i guess. i dont disrepect your opinion really i have only heard the songs there, and it is better than most new music being released today, i guarentee it is better than whatever rollingstones top 10 albums of the year were and so on. but my point is i am not saying it is the best ive ever heard, im saying its very good

as for the hard rock oriented part i enjoy that myself, there was a reason i said blues rock and not just blues, but just the fact that you have heard of him actually impresses the hell out of me