Alan Ratcliffe wrote
I think JB and Gary Moore both have the problem that they are too rocky for the blues purists and not rock enough for the rock audience. And sometimes too pop for either.
I hear that. But ultimately I respect GM as a blues player even though I'm not wild about his style. He, as bob would say, "gets it." I'm not that wild about T-bone Walker either. But T-bone gets it good.
I respect JB as a technician - on a level I could never hope to achieve - but not as a blues musician.