Whenever I see the comment that Japanese shredders are all technique and no soul I laugh. Mikio has enough soul in his endless bag of tricks for the whole F,n solar system. He was a true Music Master and I easily put him in the category of Randy Rhoads and EVH as well as Holdsworth and DiMeola. His work with Ohmura and Boh will go down as some of The Best Musicianship Ever Recorded. RIP Mikio you are sorely missed but always warmly remembered.
Mikio is a true master of the guitar. He's not even comparable to evh or randy rhoads. Don't get me wrong those are stellar rock guitar players, but they aren't absolute masters in and out. Mikio can literally play any genre, he's taught several star guitarists. He's a cut above guitar professionals. In my opinion he's probably one of the most versatile players of all time.
Yeah, funny. Ohmura, Syu, Midori..and since the era of X Japan & Loudness, are all very melodic, full of soul & feeling. Ironic, that the current West rock/metal scene (especially the one saturated with metalcore, post-core) are actually lacking in any good shredders. All they care are breakdown & riff only. No solo, no soul & no instrumental melody. Hahahaha. With the exception of European bands & guitarist.
Rare do we have the chance to witness a virtuoso guitarist who can play any style with authenticity. Anyone can tell he was truly enjoying himself for the pure joy of playing, not for show but for the love of it. Somewhere in heaven, I hope he’s jamming with Hendricks and SVR.
Mikio was a wonderful guitarist and this proves he wasn't restricted to power metal, in which he excelled. Some tasty strollin' blues at the end there. What a loss. RIP fella.
Just love watching this him whackin' around on a guitar JUST HAVING FUN. He's SO laid back, so talented he can make it look like it's nothing at all to pull of the licks he's doing without any effort at all, when you & I would be like, "how duh fuk he do dat"?! This man was a master of his instrument..., not saying there aren't others out there, but he's IS among the best of them. R.I.P. SIR. MIKIO FUJIOKA, I LOVE YOU MAN!!!
I would say that Mikio Fujioka is the Eddie VanHalen of the East, but what I really mean is that Eddie VanHalen is the Mikio Fujioka of the West...... RIP, I will miss your awesome whammy bar solos at every @BabyMetal concert I go to....
I've just found out through the comments that he died.. I've bought his books even before BM was a thing and was surprised seeing him at BMs second Europe gig ever.. I always felt I needed to get in touch with him sooner or later. Damn that's a loss... Miss you
