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Peter Green, not because of any of the things you mentioned but because I just got to stand in front of my idol.
Edit: How could I forget Tony Iommi the riff Lord himself.
Not only was he singing and playing amazing guitar he was directing the band at the same time. He reminded me of a conductor in front of an audience.
A man totally in control of what was happening on that stage.
Jeff Beck at the Indigo playing 50's and 60's rock and roll with Imelda May and her band. He got through quite a few guitars - Strat of course but also Les Paul, Gretsch, Tele.
JD Simo. Excellent everytime but on the first occasion he just had a vintage les Paul into a JTM 45, no pedals, didn't touch the amp all night and he played clean, jazzy, crunchy and full on blues rock.
Wilko everytime. There are many more...
I'd add Eric Johnson to the list. When I saw him there were emergency dentists on standby, such were the number of jaws hitting the floor.
This thread also needs a mention of Alex Lifeson. I was lucky to see Rush on the Hold your Fire tour.
...and going a bit left field, Kris Drever of prog-folk trio Lau, is an extremely versatile musician.
Have done some digging on the web and the guitar player is called Mike Randle, part of a band called Baby Lemonade. As I say, he did a really convincing job of recasting the Forever Changes arrangements onto guitar. The ultimate 'session gig' if you like.
@Danny1969 Jeff Beck is good. Do try and see him if you have the chance in the future. I would say that the Ronnie Scott's DVD is a good alternative to being there. This'll probably piss you off, but I could have gone to one of those gigs. Tix were available but I didn't really want to pay the crazy face value prices they were charging. Let's get some perspective here (too much feckin' perspective some of you may say).
In fact, the whole band were on absolutely top form.
Must be pure adrenalin.
Marty Friedman holy hell that guy can play, amazing to see in the flesh. But Megadave was pretty damn great on the night too.
Chris de Garmo and Michael Wilton were a force to be reckoned with when I saw them in the mid 90s.
More recently I was super impressed by the Nameless Ghouls when I saw Ghost live. Really great riffing and solos, great interplay with the rest of the band, and a fun solo spot where they traded licks.