I'll throw some names out there, Warren DeMartini & Jake E. Lee for ex. I at first was thinking George Lynch was falling into this category,but he is still stretching out some and has retained alot of what made him famous, while continuing to grow, etc.George's playing is sort of 'hit or miss' in that he is a true improviser and depending on his level of inspiration at any given moment, dictates how good or bad he will play/sound.
Warren and Jake, have seemed to degress imo. On 'That Metal Show' both of them had appearences,and the results,imo, were pretty poor
.I was thinking, "Maybe its the atmosphere there or something", so I start pulling up Youtube stuff. I couldnt believe some of the tones and playing I was hearing 
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). I was ernestly trying to be like a damn 19 year old again,playing (or trying to) all of my fav. '80's style players stuff,as well as digging up old gig and rehearsal stuff trying to write stuff in the vein of what I wrote in my teens/early 20's. 
. I think those 'famous' guy's have MUCH more pressure on them concerning how thier style and ability have held up over the yrs.
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