i agree with Jim, I do not see the necessity for long guitar instrumentals in the middle of a narrative ballad,it interrupts the flow of the story would you expect eddie lenihane the storyteller to go off on a didgereedoo in the middle of one of his stories just to show how good he was with circular breathing, or how good he was with the didge
i provided a video of nic dow someone who has the guitar technique to do so but understands that the song and the singing of it comes first.
jon doran did not sing mary and the soldier that was sung by a girl whose diction was poorer than jon dorans. I do not mind a guitar instrumental at the beginning of a story song if the performer wants to show off his instrumental ability, but really if you want to do that play an instrumental.