May's recent popularity surge is somewhat due to the Queen movie.
When May was 15-16. he hung out in London clubs. At the time, Rory Gallagher was still with Taste.
May would wait until the Taste gig was over and Rory would let him pick his brain, and show him riffs.
It is by no accident May prefers Vox AC30TB amps his whole carear.
Dick Cavett to Jimi Hendrix:
Man , what's it like to be the greatest guitar player in the world?
Jimi: I don't know you would have to ask Rory Galagher.