MC,
All the styles from the G1000 work in the VA7. There are so many new ones, but you can also play your old ones right from the zip or floppy disk or load them inside in the disk link mode. All the sounds from the G1000 are in this board but there are about 2400 more sounds including about 1100 made just from the roland XV and JV series. There are hundreds of styles on the zip, but you also get the Roland Variphrase VP9000 technology, which now with version 2.0 on the VA7 is really great. The piano sound is really great on this board. Is it so much different? I think so, but there is also the nice part of being totally compatible with what you currently have. Now at a price of $1995.00 it's even better than a few months ago.
George Kaye
Kaye's Music Scene
Reseda, California