Any modern band that comes close to Mahavishnu Orchestra ?

Checked out everyone who was mentioned. Nothing even remotely close to Mahavishnu at its best. It's tough, but it's okay.

So, speaking of talent, and only talent not how it unfolded, in my view the best two men with electric guitar are John McLaughlin and Yngwie Malmsteen. With acoustic guitar - John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia. Malmsteen could've become much more than he did. So could Shawn Lane whos technique was quite incredible but the rest of him was not.

Give badbadnotgood a listen.

Boogie #69
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8TKHaT7X4

Velvet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx_O1wlhAgk

Inna, my top two would probably be McLaughlin and Oz Noy. 

Tostadosunidos, music aside, Oz's fingers are in slow motion.