I loved Gary, he's one of my top players. His influence is all over my playing. In fact two of my other favorites are derivatives of Gary. i.e. Sykes and Campbell.
That said, I could never get into his blues turn. I simply didn't "feel it", like all his playing before. It just never spoke to me and frankly I often wondered if Gary took that turn because he felt his best shot at longevity was stepping into that mode as at times, it felt forced to me. Again, that's just my opinion.
As
@napalmdeath said it appeared he was heading back to his Irish roots and I couldn't have been happier but...there you go.
In fact my top favs in order are - Vandenberg (1st three albums), Gary Moore (pretty much anything pre-blues), Randy Rhoads, Neal Schon, Vivian Campbell, Scott Gorham, John Sykes, Jeff Carlisle of 38. Special and George Lynch (Dokken/Lynch Mob era). I have others ala the master EVH, Beck etc... but those guys for me are the tops, the guys that I can always listen too, be inspired and always come back too.