Chantyranger is right in saying all are individual and all are excellant in their own right. I've been playing the pipes since 1975 (with breaks for lunch etc) and I have seen lots of new faces appear over the years. One young piper from Newcastle In County Down, N.Ireland is one of the best I have ever heard. His name escapes me at the moment, he's only about fifteen years old and plays with so much feeling it makes the hair stand on the back of your neck. He was playing at the Cultra Folk Museum last year arranged by N.P.U. (NA Piobairi Uilleann) They say an uilleann piper has to serve his/her apprenticeship of twenty-one years, seven learning, seven practicing and seven playing. This kid must have played in a former life.I will enter his name later when it comes to me (---me thinks---- I must lay off the Bushmills so early in the day) slan Yum Yum.