One of the first that I paid real attention to was Carlos Santana's in "Waiting," the first track on the debut album. I was hooked -- and then blown away a year or so later when I saw his solo on "Soul Sacrifice" during the "Woodstock" movie.
Over the years, many others have caught my ear: Duane Allman on "Statesboro Blues" (does that count as a solo; who knows, but it's awesome); Steve Howe in "The Gates of Delirium" from Yes' "Relayer;" George Harrison (or was it Clapton?) on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" -- and of course, the acoustic WMGGW from the Beatles' Anthology album is almost ghostly; Al Dimeola; the first chords of "Baba O'Reilly" and on and on and on...
Over the years, many others have caught my ear: Duane Allman on "Statesboro Blues" (does that count as a solo; who knows, but it's awesome); Steve Howe in "The Gates of Delirium" from Yes' "Relayer;" George Harrison (or was it Clapton?) on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" -- and of course, the acoustic WMGGW from the Beatles' Anthology album is almost ghostly; Al Dimeola; the first chords of "Baba O'Reilly" and on and on and on...