Im a gear-freak basicly..
Rusty Cooley, John Petrucci, Michael Romeo, Michael Aakerfeldt (the list goes on and on)
Well there are SO many ranging from both classical to jazz to metal to pop to guitar wanking music :P but i would say some of my favorites are:Dream Theater Outworld Opeth Return To Forever Pat Metheny Symphony X Edward Grieg Dimmu Borgir
I have a pretty big dvd collection..
I dont really watch television anymore..
Books? Whats that?
I wont bother to mention all of them, but the biggest are:Rusty Cooley (the guy that got me into playing sevenstrings!) John Petrucci Michael Romeo Yngwie Malmsteen