# The Best Guitar Solos of the 2020s (So Far) > The Best Guitar Solos of the 2020s (So Far): #1 is Afrique Victime by Mdou Moctar, then The Weight Of Dreams and Ego Death. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The 2020s have already produced memorable solos, from Mdou Moctar's "Afrique Victime" (2021) to Jake Kiszka on Greta Van Fleet's "The Weight of Dreams" (2023) and Jeff Beck's guest solo on Ozzy Osbourne's "Patient Number 9" (2022). This list collects the decade's best so far across desert blues, hard rock, bluegrass and blues, and every video starts right at the solo. 1. [Afrique Victime](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mdou-moctar-afrique-victime/) — Mdou Moctar · solo by Mdou Moctar · 2021 2. [The Weight Of Dreams](https://greatestsolos.com/song/greta-van-fleet-the-weight-of-dreams/) — Greta Van Fleet · solo by Jake Kiszka · 2023 3. [Ego Death](https://greatestsolos.com/song/polyphia-ego-death/) — Polyphia ft. Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai, Tim Henson & Scott LePage · 2022 4. [Eddie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/red-hot-chili-peppers-eddie/) — Red Hot Chili Peppers · solo by John Frusciante · 2022 5. [Patient Number 9](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ozzy-osbourne-patient-number-9/) — Ozzy Osbourne · solo by Jeff Beck · 2022 6. [Rise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-rise/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 2023 7. [I Want My Crown](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eric-gales-i-want-my-crown/) — Eric Gales ft. Joe Bonamassa · solo by Eric Gales & Joe Bonamassa · 2022 8. [Mr Ed](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mammoth-wvh-mr-ed/) — Mammoth WVH · solo by Wolfgang Van Halen · 2021 9. [Away From the Mire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/billy-strings-away-from-the-mire/) — Billy Strings · solo by Billy Strings · 2021 10. [662](https://greatestsolos.com/song/christone-kingfish-ingram-662/) — Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · solo by Christone "Kingfish" Ingram · 2021 11. [Tell Me How It Feels](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cardinal-black-tell-me-how-it-feels/) — Cardinal Black · solo by Chris Buck · 2022 12. [In the Court of the Dragon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/trivium-in-the-court-of-the-dragon/) — Trivium · solo by Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu · 2021 13. [Playing God](https://greatestsolos.com/song/polyphia-playing-god/) — Polyphia · solo by Tim Henson & Scott LePage · 2022 14. [Hard Working Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/marcus-king-hard-working-man/) — Marcus King · solo by Marcus King · 2022 15. [I Don't Live Here Anymore](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-war-on-drugs-i-don-t-live-here-anymore/) — The War on Drugs · solo by Adam Granduciel · 2021 16. [Last Train Home](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-mayer-last-train-home/) — John Mayer · solo by John Mayer · 2021 ## Quick answers ### What is the best guitar solo of the 2020s so far? Mdou Moctar's "Afrique Victime" (2021) is the highest-ranked 2020s song in the GreatestSolos Consensus rankings, at number 272. ### Who played the guitar solo on Ozzy Osbourne's "Patient Number 9"? Jeff Beck, as a guest on the 2022 title track. ### Which Polyphia song features Steve Vai? "Ego Death" (2022), an instrumental with Steve Vai alongside Tim Henson and Scott LePage. It ranks number 350 in the Consensus rankings. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)