Took me a long time to refine the criteria for this list.

I finally settled on "cumulative joy, with expectation for more".

No order and no annotations for now. But just ten.

AC/DC
Yes
Rush
The Who
John Hiatt
Lyle Lovett
Steve Ray Vaughan
Elton John
Ella Fitzgerald
Barenaked Ladies

bibere usque ad hilaritatem