I’m partial to Eric Johnson.
Brian Patrick Caroll:aka Buckethead for me.
I remember in ‘80 or ‘81 a buddy had a bootleg 8 track tape of Van Halen’s first album and my group of musician friends were blown away at the time. Over the years they got so much radio play I got tired of their sound to a degree. And David Lee Roth? His schtick got old fast. And no one would know who you were talking about if you left out the “Lee” part of his name. David Roth? Who’s that? Lol.