Ruins Bassist

The brilliant Japanese bass and drums duo has gone through four seperate line ups so far, each one featuring drummer/vocalist/composer Yoshida Tatsuya with a different bassist.

All of them have been brilliant musicians, but for my money 6 string bass monster Sasaki Hisahi has been the best to date. Now that he's left, Yoshida has been touring as Ruins - Alone, sometimes using samples or (on a recent U.S. tour) playing with a different guest bass player in each city.

I've only listened to Hyderomastgroningem and Vrresto, so that means Masuda and Sasaki respectively.

From these two, I think I'd go for Sasaki, but that doesn't mean much more than the fact that I like Vrresto  a little better. So I'll keep from voting.