Scott had his sound together and was a mature, distinctive artistic voice when I first encountered him some 35 years ago, and he's still got it together today. I love the purity of his music, the Jim Hall/Paul Desmond-like dedication to the melodic line, even when he's playing very modern material. There are certain mindless and flashly things you can do on guitar to impress people who don't know much about music. Scott never does those things.