If only! My son thinks "Blackmore plays all these weird scales and now does castle maiden music", his role models are more Slash (of course), Doug Aldrich (the current Whitesnake guy), Joe Perry, Mick Mars, Zakk Wylde and this guy:
He'll grow out of it. Hendrix and Yngwie Malmsteen get some passing respect. He's got that rock star look down pat though:
With his sister (almost three years older than him, yet everybody thinks they are a couple which they both hate!):
He turned 15 in June, I think we fed him too much protein all these years ...