That was a good bump. Not a bad idea to resurrect this thread.
Jason Becker
Shawn Lane
Jimi Hendrix
...and the rest. :D
Steve Vai, Marty Friedman, Al di Meola, Paul Gilbert (the best rock guitarst around today), Gary Moore, John Petrucci. I'll reserve the 10th space for whoever I forgot, that I will end up beating myself over. It always happens when I make a top 10 that I forget someone really important.