Astonishing negativity. Of course Sunjay will develop, no one was saying he's the finished article, merely very good. As one of those 'traddies' that Al insists on rubbishing (even though two of us are batting for him on this thread!) I'd probably be better at spotting a Carthy clone than a Smither one, but I do listen to blues and I judged Sunjay Brayne on grounds of musical quality and enjoyability. Since when was Seasick Steve the benchmark for "proper fingerstyle blues guitar", anyway?

As to the accent, every UK blues singer has struggled with this. Would Sunjay be more 'authentic' if he tried to sound like Howlin' Wolf? Give him a chance, chaps.