It was blown at cylinder 4, (the middle cylinder on the top bank) as coolant was getting into the cylinder.
I'm hoping that its usually the outer cylinders that call for block machining as the engine is still in the car.
Before I put the engine in the car i removed the heads and put a cheap ebay valve regrind kit through it without getting anything machined so I was blaming the gasket quality as per reason it blew so I'll be buying payen gaskets for reassembly.