Really like his work. His instrumental stuff with Dixie Dregs and Steve Morse Band are completely different to his stuff with Purple. Perhaps in the jazz-fusion-rock-prog-southern genre? I have a lot of their albums on both cd and vinyl and find myself listening to them quite a lot
I screwed up when I mentioned Steve Morse in the same breath as
TransAtlantic.
Neal Morse played guitar for that band, a progressive
supergroup of members from Flower Kings, Spocks Beard, Marillion
and Dream Theatre. The Dixie Dregs were pretty big around these
parts back in the late 70's and I actually spoke with SM a time or two.
He was probably early 20's and a great guitar player.