The thing I love most about playing in a band are those moments where you become more than the sum of your parts. Like you say, you start doing things that you didn't even know you could. It's like tapping into the muse
Just the way he likes it when he's in the chair, when he's in the naughty corner it's a different story.
I like a variety of stuff, not specifically blues but i know Blues and Hendrix is going to be part the course. To quote Beethoven - 'to play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.'