Guitar Instrumentalist playing and writing songs in the style of Rock ballads, Pop and Hard rock, Started rocking out to the likes of Slash, Zakk Wyle, Ritchie Sambora early in his life at the age of 10. In 1999, he heard his first record of Dream Theater, and was completely amazed at the level of guitar wizardry on the record, that’s when Dhalif set out to pursue guitar playing on a whole different level. Within just a few years, through hard work and dedication with heightened passion, he has developed and refined his style and technique and have received much attention in the guitar world internationally. Now, heavily influenced by technical players like John Petrucci, Guthrie Govan and Marco Sfogli, he never stops his journey in search to acquire new skills, technique and guitar playing finesse to take on even bigger challenges. Guitar Idol 2011 Top 10 Finalist The Guitar Idol Competition has been viewed by over 500,000 unique visitors and has established itself as a truly global competition with an unprecendented following.