Sad loss! As a Rock/Blues/Country guitarist I play in an odd style,,, with bare fingers. Used to use fingerpicks. My style was developed by learning the Earl Scruggs 5-string banjo method. Sadly, Earl Scruggs has also passed. Just a day or so ago, 8^(
You.....and Jeff Beck, Johnny Winter, Mark Knopfler, Lindsey Buckingham, to name a few. I'd say you're in some pretty heady company.