<< I first started to pay attention to this when I heard Sting name Bach. I’m pretty sure Jimmy Page did the same. >>
And I first started to pay attention in the late ‘70s when I saw Jack Bruce briefly discuss Bach in the Cream Farewell Concert video.
24 second excerpt about Bach. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fGr4YwtR8O8
…from the 5 minute interview: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T8Fa7drqK3M
And the entire hour-long concert vid, if you’re interested: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFZqvZ3FtI
Blew away my 14 year old brain.
Still listen to Bach quite a bit. Mostly the organ works, cello suites, works for lute, Mass in B minor, and various interpretations of the Art of Fugue.
The Swingle Singers did a vocal album of Bach which I always enoyed-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soZwC7eN8TI&list=PLtEM1gDj5mldURRt7fJviCs3ALi6j1KkD
I’ll listen to most any version of Bach. This oboe piece is pretty good-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDavtD6P0uI