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I don't even listen to all that many different bands. Strangely enough I know people that have considerably more records than I do yet they still seem to value my opinion on music. It's not as though "liking" music is some kind of divine epiphany that dawns on me upon first listen. Instead I have noticed that the music I like most has invariably required me to know something of the music in order to find a context that I can engage with. In this way, I am aware of a deal of bands that I have tried to understand but ultimately decided that I do not care for, and this is more often than my liking which is why I search out opinions from those I feel have a comparable taste in music. I never suggest to anyone that the bands that I know and can talk about are the same as the bands that I care to listen to. I won't consider myself an expert and I barely consider myself a fan of music (if we are going to assume music as a total instead of the idea of music itself).
As for walking music historians, I barely know of their existence apart from blogs or other third hand sources. I can just assume that they have a more general appreciation for music than I care to. Whatever floats their boat.
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