Bernd Steidl rocks like no other. Even Steve Morse (Deep Purple) exclaimed "Fantastic!" "He is absolutely mad!" If you love this CD high highly recommend that you purchase his first CD entitled " Psycho Acoustic Overture" which I like even a little better. I actually don't have the "Paganiniana" U.S. version CD. I have the German (european) version which is called "Burnt Steel" and has three extra tracks on it: Cobra, Odyssey and The Bunker. This CD has slightly more keyboard and techno-compostion sound on it than his previous CD does. That's why I prefer his first CD, it shows off more of his mastery shredding skills on the classical guitar.