WITHOUT DOUBT THE BEST( ROCK GUITARIST) TO EVER HAVE WALKED THIS EARTH IS RITCHIE BLACKMORE, A LOT OF OTHER PROS AGREE WITH THIS BY THE WAY,( NEXT4) ARE AS FOLLOWS AND IVE SEEN THEM ALL LIVE. RORY GALAGHER, JEFF BECK, JIMMY HENDRIX. TONI IOMMI (BUT THERS,LOTS OF OVERATED GUITARISTS ) IMHO.( IE STEVE HOW, JIMMY PAGE ,ERIC CLAPTON (good singer),ANGUS YOUNG ,SANTANA,) ALSO LOTS OF UNDISCOVERD TALENT OUT THERE I SAW A YOUNG THAI GUITARIST IN THAILAND WITH A ROCK GROUP PLAYING FOR £5 A NIGHT IN PATTAYA AND HE HAD EVERYONE SPELLBOUND .PLAYED SO WELL PEOPLE GOING BACK TO SEE HIM EVERY NIGHT FABULOUS PLAYER PLAYED EVERY THING. I ASKED HIM HIS FAVORITE GUITARISTS HIS REPLY WAS RITCHIE BLACKMORE AND JIMMYHENDRIX, BECAUSE THEY USE THERE HEADS THEY THINK AND THEY ARE JUST GIFTED ABOVE MOST OTHERS. SHAME IS HE WILL NEVER BE DISCOVERD YET HE IS ABLE TO BLOW MOST OF OUR FAV GUITARISTS AWAY( AND WE )( AND HE KNEW IT ) ALL IMHO.