Best Guitar Solos

Zakk Wylde's solo on Ozzy Osbourne's track, No More Tears, from the album from the same name. 

Dave Murray and Adrian Smith's twin solos on "Wasted Years" from Iron Maiden's "Somewhere In Time" album.

Joe Satriani on "Down The Drain" from Chickenfoot's eponymous first album.

And Hendrix doing All Along The Watchtower.... Strictly not a solo, but the whole damn song!

I always liked the one in the Carpenter's "goodbye to love". Also the solo in Weird Al Jankovski's "Eat It". Anything off Led Zep II, obviously. Jan Akkerman in "Hocus Pocus".

Hello Blueknowz, I'm another that "didn't chose but was chosen", I honestly can't believe that you're using that monstrosity in your avatar.

Anyway back on topic, Paul Kossoff - You and Me

Impossible to pick just one, but this makes my short list:

Band also features Terry Bozzio & Adrian Belew

Renzo, I saw Paul Kossoff with Free at Liverpool Poly, near the Museum in the early 70s.

Arghhhh!!!! I'm pretty jealous now!!! I would have been 7 at the time so a bit too young but then that was the year I was chosen to support the might blues. Unfortunately my main memory from that year was selling Alan Ball, I was shocked when I saw it on the news, probably my first childhood trauma!

Much better avatar if you don't mind me saying.

I obviously got into Free a few years later and I absolutely loved the way Kossoff played his guitar, I've never heard anyone put so much emotion into his notes.

Has to be Ritchie Blackmore's solo on Pictures From Home, short, sweet and perfectly formed. Also includes an excellent keyboard and bass solo.

This track shows exactly why Purple where the premier heavy metal band in the 70's.

Yes, have to agree, superb solo. Must admit, been laughed at a few time for suggesting this. Another pop song with an excellent solo is In A Broken Dream.

Yep, that's a goodie.

Hendrix - Red House (Woodstock)

Fripp - Baby's on fire (Eno)

Zappa - Ship Ahoy (from shut up and play yer guitar)

Michael Karoli  (Can) - Mother Sky

Nei Young - Cortez the killer

Metheny solo on Amelia (from joni mitchel's shadows and light)

Abercrombie on "Back/Woods Song"

Mclaughlin binkey's beam (from extrapolation) and Duran (from Miles Davis' Directions)

Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) Paved Road to Berlin

Original Thin Lizzy dude on Don't believe a Word

The Floyd's Fat Dave is - rightly - acclaimed for his superb solo on "Comfortably Numb", but I don't think it's his best work. For me his best two solos are:

"Another Brick 2"- sheer, liquid gold, the perfect combination of smoothness and bite;

"Pigs - Three Different Ones" (about 9:38 in) - blistering.

Buzzcocks (Pete Shelley) - Boredom

No Means No (Andy Kerr) - Two Lips, Two Lungs and One Tongue

Not so much a solo as a duet. 

Features Mick Taylor. First saw him soon after he joined the BluesBreakers.

Buddy Whittington always looks so comfortable with the guitar.

Jimmy Page - Achilles Last Stand

Blackmore on Purple's - Child in Time

Live or Studio?

Blackmore on Stargazer for me

This man needs to be in the list John Petrucci of Dream Theater:

Robert Fripp on the studio version of "Exiles" from "Larks' Tongues in Aspic".

Or maybe just all of "Fracture".

Or Steve Vai:

Vincent's WillieThe Pimp! 

I prefer the studio version.

Jimi Hendrix - "Little Wing" live at the RAH (the one on the original "In The West" album).

I'll show my age - favourite riff? - Shaking All Over.  Must go ofvf and see if I an still pay it ...