Good friend of mine Janne Nieminen, won "Guitar Gods" competition 2 years ago.
He played with Yngwie Malmsteen and Steve Vai at the same stage at Miami after winning that competition :D that's every guitarists dream come true -moment. I have known him a bit over 3 years now, and he is one of the best guitarists and friends I have, it's kinda funny how me met. We started to talk at one Finnish facebook page after I noticed that he has taken guitar lessons from Jari Mäenpää and Teemu Mäntysaari who are guitarists in Wintersun. For me it was kinda funny connection, because I have taken drum lessons from Kai Hahto who is drummer in Wintersun :D
Here you can see his song and video for this competition:
He's the guy with white guitar :) TELL ME DO YOU LIKE THIS
and that's How I Met Your Mother