Tosin Abasi
Oluwatosin Ayoyinka Olumide “Tosin” Abasi is a Nigerian-American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and member of Animals as Leaders, the instrumental progressive metal band. Tosin’s band is known for their complex music, with very sudden time signature changes and challenging rhythms. He also popularized a technique he calls “selective picking,” as well as applying the bass technique known as “thumping” on guitar.
Tosin Abasi
Javier Reyes
Javier Reyes is best known for his 8-string guitar work in his Bands Animal as Leaders and Mestis. He blends conventional Spanish influences with progressive metal riffing, having been educated in classical guitar. As one of the guitarists of Animals as Leaders, Reyes has certainly displayed his excellence on the 8-string guitar with how manages to play complex passages while being relaxed.
Javier Reyes