Himmel, Herr Anthony tried to entertain a stadium. Not sure how many stadiums the ladywriter has played. If you play in a band with EvH, an icon, if not the icon of modern guitar playing, there is little point in seriously attempting to compete with him in a solo spot. Unless you are Joey di Maio, wear assless chaps, live with your parents and do sloppy tapping on a narrow neck Ric clone.
Anthony can both be inventive and tasteful, I invite anybody to listen to what he does on the recent Chickenfoot album. Much looser and more creative than anything he did with VH where between the antics of the two bruddahs he was relegated to playing very little.