The Shark introduces artists whose prolificness, talent, creativity, and trajectory stand out among the rest, reason why he call them "Gods in Music."

The Shark ranks the tip of the iceberg of his colossal library (100,00+ songs) while unveiling top-notch and under-the-radar recommendations.

With Understanding Comes Appreciation If you are into Krautrock or guitar driven space rock, I've got a record for you: Solar Music Live by Grobschnitt. There is fantastic music to be heard here, believe me! The music from this live album is extremely strong and if ever you tend to like crying guitars sustained by an exceptional drumming, a powerful bass playing, and lots of atmospheric keyboards parts, this album is tailor-made to your ears. All the elements that make a suc

With Understanding Comes Appreciation In one million years from now, it would not surprise me in the slightest if Allan Holdsworth were regarded as the single best guitar player to ever walk the earth. The legendary jazz/fusion axe-slinger seamlessly avoided mainstream recognition for the entirety of his career, which spanned for over 40 years, thirteen studio and three live albums. Despite his underwhelming popularity among the masses, you’d be hard-pressed to find a single

With Understanding Comes Appreciation Lots of jazz guitarists have veered into the world of rock and roll on occasion, but the number of "raised on the blues" rockers who have had the boulders to step into the high-falutin' domain of jazz-rock fusion can be counted on one hand. Most of us weren't sure it could be done at all until Tommy Bolin spun everyone's head around with his phenomenal work on Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" in 1973. I have no idea if that had anything to do w

With Understanding Comes Appreciation Take 5 jazz maestros from 5 different countries. Lock them in a studio together, crank them up to 11 & have them play as fast as they can and you get Mahavishnu Orchestra's " The Inner Mounting Flame ." Easily one of the most explosive albums of all time. Billy Cobham's drumming on this album is absolutely breathtaking. This masterpiece sits in my all time essential albums. It just doesn't get any better. When Jimi Hendrix died suddenly

With Understanding Comes Appreciation This was the watershed album in Frank Zappa’s career in late 1973. The avant-garde, experimental rock, fusion & doo-wop musical elements he used to flavor his previous 16 albums (yes, 16 already at this point) do not predominate here, however, Zappa's music does not lose its complexity neither its virtuosic musicianship, and as a bonus (for some that may not be), his humour is even more present than previous releases. In fact, after his j