# The Best Guitar Solos of 1987 > The best guitar solos of 1987, ranked. #1 is Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses, then Surfing with the Alien and Satch Boogie. 20 solos from 1987. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1987, ranked: solos our consensus of published lists rates highest come first, then our genre and artist rankings, with no more than three per artist. Led by Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses, Surfing with the Alien by Joe Satriani and Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani. 1. [Sweet Child O' Mine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-sweet-child-o-mine/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987 2. [Surfing with the Alien](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-surfing-with-the-alien/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 3. [Satch Boogie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-satch-boogie/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 4. [Wanted Dead or Alive](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bon-jovi-wanted-dead-or-alive/) — Bon Jovi · solo by Richie Sambora · 1987 5. [Paradise City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/guns-n-roses-paradise-city/) — Guns N' Roses · solo by Slash · 1987 6. [Always with Me, Always with You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-always-with-me-always-with-you/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 7. [I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/prince-i-could-never-take-the-place-of-your-man/) — Prince · solo by Prince · 1987 8. [Wait](https://greatestsolos.com/song/white-lion-wait/) — White Lion · solo by Vito Bratta · 1987 9. [Scarified](https://greatestsolos.com/song/racer-x-scarified/) — Racer X · solo by Paul Gilbert, Bruce Bouillet · 1987 10. [Sludgefeast](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dinosaur-jr-sludgefeast/) — Dinosaur Jr. · solo by J Mascis · 1987 11. [Blues for Salvador](https://greatestsolos.com/song/carlos-santana-blues-for-salvador/) — Carlos Santana · solo by Carlos Santana · 1987 12. [Still of the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-still-of-the-night/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1987 13. [Where the Streets Have No Name](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u2-where-the-streets-have-no-name/) — U2 · solo by The Edge · 1987 14. [Speed Metal Symphony](https://greatestsolos.com/song/cacophony-speed-metal-symphony/) — Cacophony · solo by Marty Friedman, Jason Becker · 1987 15. [Love Removal Machine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-cult-love-removal-machine/) — The Cult · solo by Billy Duffy · 1987 16. [La Barrosa](https://greatestsolos.com/song/paco-de-lucia-la-barrosa/) — Paco de Lucía · solo by Paco de Lucía · 1987 17. [Pipeline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/dick-dale-and-stevie-ray-vaughan-pipeline/) — Dick Dale & Stevie Ray Vaughan · solo by Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan · 1987 18. [Gloria al Niño Ricardo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/paco-de-lucia-gloria-al-nino-ricardo/) — Paco de Lucía · solo by Paco de Lucía · 1987 19. [Dirty Diana](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-jackson-dirty-diana/) — Michael Jackson · solo by Steve Stevens · 1987 20. [Faith](https://greatestsolos.com/song/george-michael-faith/) — George Michael · solo by Hugh Burns · 1987 --- 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/)