Well ... when I said "specifically" it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realise that I meant "specifically"to something specific.
In "this" instance, "this" music:
http://macdara.bandcamp.com/album/ego-trip

You haven't commented on this music. Specifically you haven't replied to the specific question of do you think that "this" music could be lifted by accompaniment.

I have no idea why you have avoided this question.

Anyway, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick have always been a double act, where the guitar is an equal parter to the fiddle. And yes, they are sensitive to each other's playing, that's what being a duo is all about.

But would a solo album of Swarbrick hold attention? I'm sceptical on whether it would hold mine, but is that merely "no accounting for taste"? Maybe, but that's a different discussion.