Hell, yes! If I hadn't come across him and Badmarsh doing their thing at the RFH eight years ago, I might never have realised there was music worth getting excited about again, would never have come across Outcaste and the rest, nor picked up Pathaan's compilation CD's and heard "Bengali Song" for the first time, which still blows me away, and led to my wanting to hear more of that bloke, Sawhney....
( ... was kind of gutted when I realised it wasn't actually Nitin singing but, hey, perhaps it's for the best! 
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...... never would've found the courage to go out clubbing on my own and loon about on the dance floor and not give a damn (I'm not even going to pretend that I can dance!) ....... and, I would never have found my way to this forum (that's right - you can blame Shri!!!!)
Seriously though, you've pricked my conscience as, I read your post and discovered that, while I went to the launch gig of Shri's second album a few years back, I actually forgot to buy a copy! I couldn't understand why I could remember his first album but not the music on his second one and then realised it was because I hadn't got it!!! And the guy went through so much hassle to get that one out there.....
So, thanks for the tip off - I have some shopping to do!!