Hi Stanron - I was actually asking Tunesmith, but your post got in the line before my reply to him! :-)

I was just genuinely curious how people feel about Bensusans playing.

I suppose that I'm old-fashioned in that I think technique is a means to an end - and a lot of very brilliant and twinkling players seems to me to use technique as an end in itself. And, as a lover of beautiful melodies which can develop or can remain simple, I'm often struggling to find good, simple melodies inside the technical brilliance.