This article is terrible - it makes Malmsteen out to be someone deeply significant in the guitar world, which he certainly isn't - noteworthy and deserving of an article, yes, but he is regarded as an anachronism and posibly even an embarrassment by most guitarists. (I studied guitar at both Berklee and GIT, so I don't think I am out of my depth here).
I'll be rewriting it considerably to put Malmsteen back into some sort of perspective. - MMGB