Malmsteen and Vai are slick players, but wouldn’t find a good melody if they stepped on it.
J, I’ll second you list 
No, just kidding. Although I REALLY like yours.
Mine:
Lead guitar: David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Rythm guitar: Alex Lifeson (Rush)
Bass guitar: Geddy Lee (Rush) / Les Claypool (Primus)
keyboards: Tori Amos / Kevin Moore (former Dream Theater)
Drums/percussion: Neil Peart (Rush) / Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater)
vocals: Geoff Tate (Queensryche) / Steve Hogarth (Marillion)
Hmmmm Rush is in there entirely, how could that be ??
Also, I took the liberty of lining up a few substitutes (although that term REALLY does them not enough justice !), I figured, hey, if we’re gonna spend some bucks on player salaries we’d better do it well 
I think the term for a band consisting out of musicians that have already proven themselves in other bands etc. is “Superband”. Am I off the mark here ?
Anyway, superb thread. I’ll watch closely.
Coldfire
“You know how complex women are”