But not in Dream Theater. Petrucci & Portnoy are like Hetfield & Ulrich. I think that Jordan Rudess plays a big role too when writing music nowdays. He´s just an amazing keyboard player. Simply the best.

Have you guys heard Liquid Tension stuff. That was recorded before Jordan became a D.T. member. Both CD:s are completly instrumental and they are amazing. I like Pardigam Shift (spelling), Acid Rain the most. Actually on Acid Rain, Petrucci and Rudess admited that those guitar/keyboard melodies were the hardest ones to record on the whole album. It´s amazing that they pull it off whitout any mistakes life on Scenes From NY CD and DVD.