Umm...what are you talking about, Eric Clapton was in several bands, and Jimi Hendrix founded his own bands that he starred in, but he was still in an "actual" band... Anywho...Not in real critical order, these are just in the order they came into my head 1. Eddie Van Halen 2. Jimi Hendrix 3. Eric Clapton 4. David Gilmour 5. Jimmy Page Yeah, everyone generally has pretty much the same answers for top 5 or so, it would be more interesting to list like top 20 or something, so we would have more opinion-based replies. Also, people honestly don't give EVH enough credit, he's a great guitarist, in my opinion probably the best in technical measures (awmagwd dont flame me I said TECHNICAL).