I'm one of his biggest fans. I just don't understand how Gary Moore, Slash, Yngwie...all these dudes...francis rossi from Status Quo etc etc have all become better players whereas Richie has got so evidently sloppier!

it's blatant to see-compare him in 84-91 to now. The nineties he was flying too but had become really repetitive and crush till now....god if i hear that descending run one more time!

I was listening to a live mp3 of love lies from back in the day...what chops!

Now....mehh....and the vocals aint what they were either.