Paul Metzger plays a modified 23 string banjo, a guitar with crash and metal plate on it, and a sitar-based violin, among other things. His music is unpredictable, the style is indefinable, but the talent is undeniable. Metzger may have been looking for transcendence on an Israeli acid trip. He may be making an ironic statement of the instrumental bourgeois, becoming the sommelier of steel strings and banjos. Or he could be a creative genius unsatisfied with the music he knows. These are simply three uneducated guesses, one of which may be true. What is certainly true is that Metzger has been impressing audiences for years and touring the world playing often improvised and original shows, exercising his imagination on custom instruments with a literal barrage of inventiveness. His music is a flavor that needs to be savored and appreciated; soaked and saturated with its listeners. Metzger is truly an artist and an innovator. He will be playing at PA’s Lounge on Tuesday May 25.