After this South American leg I can say Phil X sounds better than 2013, 2014 and 2015!
but every time that I think in this Richie/Phil X situation, these words from JBJ come to my head: " Another guitar player could learn all those riffs, but they didn't help to create those riffs, and that's when a band becomes a band. It's not a collection of studio musicians. Everyone plays a certain way, and that's what makes it sound like us. It's a Bon Jovi song when the band plays it."

P.S. it's impossible no to think in Richie lately with those pictures in BJ website and facebook...