I don't know about his ability (sounds a bit screamy at times), but Sweet Child of Mine and the rest of that album was the soundtrack to the summer I spent "over the pond" working on a summer camp and touring around. 1988 if I remember correctly.

Had some of the best times of my life and I can't hear Guns 'n' Roses without being transported back onto a Greyhound Bus, or some seedy (but cheap) motel or the arms of a certain beautiful Puerto Rican lady that I became quite attached too.......

So, I'm grateful to the OP for taking me back there....... away from this misty cold day in Blighty ....... and doc.tom, don't tell my wife I posted this (the bit about the Puerto Rican lady anyway :-)