Okay, so I've dug backwards a few pages and haven't found a thread for Morgan (which was expected) so I figured I'd start my own. If an existing thread IS out there obviously I have no problem with this one being closed, merged, whatever. Otherwise, dissect my inaccuracies at your own discretion.
Basically, I dug up a video after having known that he existed for a while that I found really cool from Carl King featuring interviews from a few other guys which basically explains part of what I may try to. (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2VK686JvA) The enclosed link is for a kickstarter which had already closed I believe so I don't think it really constitutes advertising or anything... but anyway.
From what I gathered, Morgan's excelled in most every genre of music I listen to. Mats/Morgan frequented multiple genres, although they were primarily prog from what I've heard, but you hear a lot of jazz and electronica as well by those guys. I think they were quite excellent, especially considering Mats Oberg (the keyboardist) is blind. I've heard touches of Crimson and Mahavishnu by those guys through the course of one song. His project with Devin Townsend is supposed to be pocket playing and I believe it's going to be rock with heavy traces of country... he's also played with eccentric geniuses like Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart although those artists only had him for a song each iirc. In addition to playing with Frank, he was the guy to win the only Zappa grammy I could think of after Zappa had sadly passed away, he played with Dweezil on that album as well. Then there's Sol Niger Within, the predecessor to the Meshuggah "craze," which was imho a far more genuine attempt at the metal genre than Vinnie himself has made, although Megadeth was pretty nice too.
I realize he has received quite a bit of praise from professionals despite being unknown by virtually everyone I know. I'm not sure how many people share that experience, but I've always found that incredibly odd. I've dug up praise from quite a few guys other than the people on the video, including Zappa, Gavin Harrison, and maybe even Bruford, and I'm sure I'm forgetting quite a few and there are more hidden in the shadows... but if you're interested in his story or this topic please feel free to add more (this is probably already bordering tl;dr,) he's personally tied with Coluita and Bozzio as my favorite Zappa drummer (if you could call him that) just because he's so exhilarating and versatile in his playing.