Randy Rhoads made hard rock/metal sound “beautiful”...miles ahead of all of em...
He is missed...Top of the Heap imo.....Though Jake E. Lee did as well as anyone could after RR left us.
But believe it or not...i put Danny Gatton at the top as far as guitar skills.
Lenny Breau was a freak also.....check him out...not most folks style but man did he understand the guitar.