Old school blues: JL Hooker, BB king, Stevie ray vaughan, Sonny boy Williamson, Eric Clapton (the pre MTV era

), prog and psychedelic, getting into sympho rock already ..
Some names: Dream Theatre, Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis (before '75), Renaissance, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Nightwish, Yngwie Malmsteen .. and a lot of others.
I don't have a favourite artist or genre, am just attracted to comeplex orchestrations and interesting lyrics