Music:
the Indigo, Sting, the Police, Toto, Evanescence, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Stryper, Petra, White Heart, Carpark North, Mew, Björk, Vinnie Colaiuta, Coldplay, U2, Van Halen, Delirious?, Depeche Mode, Giant, Gary Moore, King's X, Kingston Wall, Led Zeppelin, Lenny Kravitz, Marillion, Dream Theater, Q Stone, the Rasmus, Rebecca St. James, Robben Ford, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rush, Seal, Steely Dan, Michael W Smith, Suzanne Vega, Megadeth, System Of A Down, Toy Matinee, Tower Of Power, Wingdom, ZZ Top, etc...
Movies:
LotR, Quentin Tarantino movies, Top Gun, Medieval movies, etc...
Books:
J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Jan Guillou, Dan Brown, Swen Hassel, Joppe Karhunen, Fokker F-27 Maintenance Manual, etc...
Heroes:
Vinnie Colaiuta, Jeff Porcaro, Alex Acuna, Hans Wind, Peter Steehouwer