Wow this thread is really old but in preparation of the upcoming Steve Winwood concert I'll attend this coming October I am listening to some of his songs on youtube.
And there it suddenly is: one of the greatest guitar solos I've ever heard:
I recommend listening to the whole song but the guitar solo starts at 5:08 minutes. Absolutely flawless. And of course the audience is on their feet at the end.
Well I guess the best ones are already namned! JP in LZ is/was a master and just about anything Slash did in GnR is incredible with the favorites being the Solos in Sweet Child O'Mine and the Epic guitar solo in November Rain.
With this being said I would like to mention the greatness of BM (Queen) and the solo in We Will Rock You!
OOooh gosh, what about the madness that is EVH? Or some of the pieces of music history performed by Eric Clapton... The list could go on and on...
Nobody knocks off an old man in my neighborhood and gets away with it!