Any modern band that comes close to Mahavishnu Orchestra ?

Nothing that I can find.

inna08-16-2016 7:47pm

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inna OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,296 posts 08-21-2016 at 10:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Checked out everyone who was mentioned. Nothing even remotely close to Mahavishnu at its best. It's tough, but it's okay.
inna OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,296 posts 08-21-2016 at 10:35pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete So, speaking of talent, and only talent not how it unfolded, in my view the best two men with electric guitar are John McLaughlin and Yngwie Malmsteen. With acoustic guitar - John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia. Malmsteen could've become much more than he did. So could Shawn Lane whos technique was quite incredible but the rest of him was not.
pduszak Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 8 posts 08-21-2016 at 10:38pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Give badbadnotgood a listen. Boogie #69 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8TKHaT7X4 Velvet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx_O1wlhAgk
tostadosunidos Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,197 posts 08-22-2016 at 04:09pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Inna, my top two would probably be McLaughlin and Oz Noy.