How can you not love Jeff Beck? Older than your dad yet still one of the most creative guitar heroes out there. Here's Plan B from his CD of a couple of years ago.

Let's not forget the other player on this album, John McLaughlin, but on this track he sits it out. Mediterranean Sundance / Rio Ancho is a phenomenal track by these two masters. An all-time favourite of mine, and yours too I think.

One of the new breed of scarily talented guitarists. I'll play a cut or two from this CD as well as its followup.

Scorching! The legend at his peak (well, OK, he was always at his peak), with Machine Gun.

This band, featuring the talented Toshi Hiketa on guitar, along with the equally talented Ray Luzier on drums and James LoMenzo on bass, play with David Lee Roth. On this CD, however, they unleash a barrage of incredible, sophisticated rock that they wouldn't otherwise be able to express in the confines of a vocal band. Rain is one my favourite tracks.

Joel is inventive and playful, and his tunes are great. This is his second CD; and it's a masterpiece. The track I'll play for you is Euphoria.

Yep, I'm going to play all 32 minutes of the 1st Movement. Next week I'll play the 2nd one. You lucky people you!

It's no secret that I prefer the instrumentals, and fortunately Yngwie manages a couple on each CD. Here's Crying for your listening pleasure.

Here's a little number that Jason recorded with the talented Bissonette brothers, Gregg and Matt. It's called Fluid.

With such an extensive back catalogue, it's both hard and easy to choose a classic Satch track. Hard, because there are so many to choose from; easy, because any choice would be great. Here's War.

See my notes on Joe Satriani above. Same applies here. The Animal is a nice one.

A blistering live version of the classic Testifyin'.