For me you get guys like -

Roine Stolt (The Flower Kings/Transatlantic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTLTtCkvkAk

Alan Morse (Spocks Beard) - although there is no way I could use his strange pickless technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHdhf1MJWYY

And Gutherie Govan's playing on Steven Wilson's "Hand Cannot Erase" and The Raven who refused to sing" albums is blowing me away at the moment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaH2C2Qe97Y