I do think Perry was a pretty inventive lead player. Listening to some his solos makes me go "who does that?". But I do agree that Whitford is fantastic. The one time I saw Aerosmith was in '78 for the Draw the Line tour at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Perry and Tyler were so f'ing wasted, even an 8th grader like me noticed. I could go into detail, but for this convo, I'll just say that Whitford held the whole show together.