Oh man. Hard choices.
Mahavisnu Orchestra - John McLaughlin - Dance of the Maya circa 4:00
Wes Montgomery - West Coast Blues - an orchestral version from the otherwise odious CTI era which I can’t find
2 or 3 by Jimmy Page w/Led Zeppelin
Geo Benson - So What? (Miles Davis cover) & The Gentle Rain (corny tune, smokin’ solo) from Beyond the Blue Horizon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuLlC0HVyh8
McLaughlin & Paco de Lucia - amazing stuff
Plenty from McLaughlin “Thieves and Poets” (Great album!)
Jump - Van Halen (no question about it!)
Lots by Scott Henderson and Pat Metheny!
Plenty of good ones by Rush, Steve Vai
McLaughlin is a god. No mention of Fripp anywhere? I could mention 5 or 6 guitarists that no one has heard of who had better playing this a lot of these so called Top 20.