Welcome wolfpack,

I've never ordered a New Gen unit, but I know that you can order a lace style somewhere between a flat back and spikey front called "brush back". It's exactly the "Elvis" (pompadour) look that you want, I think.

Check with John to see if you can get something like that in the New Gen or not, but from what I understand the NG thin skins are V-looped, so I think that kind of ventilation only applies to lace units.