though slash doesn't have the proficiency of a 'virtuoso', i think he has that appeal and ability to make an okay-kinda song into a world hit, and you gotta agree, he belongs to those in the top class bracket.
i think..i'd love to see someone like zakk wylde (though his drinking antics wouldn't probably hit off well with sat or vai, haha...) or maybe they should go with someone younger? like alexi laiho? though i don't exactly dig this genre, i think that he is someone 'to watch' through the next couple of decades should nothing happen to him. yupz...
shredders aside, there're people like eric clapton, even santana?