No remarkable guitar on the very remarkable song, “Even in the quietest moments.”
No, not there - back further - debut album from 1969. Also, some other work to look at - “Waiting So Long” from ...famous last words... album ca 1983. The work from Indelibly Stamped (1970-ish) is also very bluesy.
Forgot also to mention Jeff Lynne.
Remember - thread title is Favorite Guitarists, not best. The best of the bunch I mentioned is probably a tossup between Slash and Mark Knopfler, IMO. But I doubt they are the best overall. It depends a lot on style - many say Hendrix was the best, but given he died so young, its hard to say if he ever reached his full potential. Eddie Van Halen also used to top a lot of lists until people dug into more obscure artists like Satriani, Malmsteen, Buckethead, etc. Add in Chet Atkins, maybe BB King, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Cray, and the list can just go on and on. Hodgson did very well with the constraints of the music - plus he often was relegated to keyboards. Similar with Mike Rutherford, who was a bassist mainly with old Genesis, then taking over fulltime guitar duties later.