I came to John Fahey late in the game. I was completely disarmed and undone by it -- I didn't really know what to make of it.
What we realized was ... Fahey's legacy doesn't exist prominently in the technical sphere.
Either they were all-consumed with him, or they weren't aware of the guy at all.
There's a visceral, emotional something in the music. People return to it over and over again.