for sure, i saw SRV first part of dire straits in mopntreal in '85 and it was not good, maybe stevie was too much on alcohol, i don't know.
later at the miller fest in '88 i think (maybe i'm not sure about the year), i seen frank marino and after it was stevie and i finally quit because i was thinking that he was not so good but when i finally later saw the new orleans '87 video from mtv , he was very hot (i had a copy of that show maybe just in '90 or '91).
anyway, i have some marino bootlegs, i have to put these on cd to upload these later, concerts from '74 and '75 and nobody can't show him the hendrix technique at that tine i think, when he played
voodoo child , it was so hot.
at that time he also played song like she's not there and crossroads and it was hot versions.
he's suppose to be on tour of the usa now i think .