Who loves SHmups! favourites and why

I am as into Shmups as I am fighters so decided to start this thread. I would love to know who else has an interest into this very un-western and niche genre. Dont know about you guys, but the latest Cave ports on the jp360 are a very welcome addition and also with the imminent release of Deathsmiles state side is Cave finally going to try and tackle the West???

There is a shmup thread up: http://shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=115484