# The Best Guitar Solos of 1990 > The best guitar solos of 1990, ranked. #1 is For the Love of God by Steve Vai, then Cliffs of Dover and Cemetery Gates. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 1990, 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 For the Love of God by Steve Vai, Cliffs of Dover by Eric Johnson and Cemetery Gates by Pantera. 1. [For the Love of God](https://greatestsolos.com/song/steve-vai-for-the-love-of-god/) — Steve Vai · solo by Steve Vai · 1990 2. [Cliffs of Dover](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eric-johnson-cliffs-of-dover/) — Eric Johnson · solo by Eric Johnson · 1990 3. [Cemetery Gates](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pantera-cemetery-gates/) — Pantera · solo by Dimebag Darrell · 1990 4. [Tornado of Souls](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-tornado-of-souls/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1990 5. [Still Got the Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gary-moore-still-got-the-blues/) — Gary Moore · solo by Gary Moore · 1990 6. [Hangar 18](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-hangar-18/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman & Dave Mustaine · 1990 7. [Get The Funk Out](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-get-the-funk-out/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990 8. [Man in the Box](https://greatestsolos.com/song/alice-in-chains-man-in-the-box/) — Alice In Chains · solo by Jerry Cantrell · 1990 9. [Thunderstruck](https://greatestsolos.com/song/ac-dc-thunderstruck/) — AC/DC · solo by Angus Young · 1990 10. [Three Days](https://greatestsolos.com/song/jane-s-addiction-three-days/) — Jane's Addiction · solo by Dave Navarro · 1990 11. [Painkiller](https://greatestsolos.com/song/judas-priest-painkiller/) — Judas Priest · solo by Glenn Tipton & K.K. Downing · 1990 12. [Cowboys from Hell](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pantera-cowboys-from-hell/) — Pantera · solo by Dimebag Darrell · 1990 13. [Desert Rose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eric-johnson-desert-rose/) — Eric Johnson · solo by Eric Johnson · 1990 14. [Flight of the Wounded Bumblebee](https://greatestsolos.com/song/extreme-flight-of-the-wounded-bumblebee/) — Extreme · solo by Nuno Bettencourt · 1990 15. [Holy Wars... The Punishment Due](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-holy-wars-the-punishment-due/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine · 1990 16. [Domination](https://greatestsolos.com/song/pantera-domination/) — Pantera · solo by Dimebag Darrell · 1990 17. [Trademark](https://greatestsolos.com/song/eric-johnson-trademark/) — Eric Johnson · solo by Eric Johnson · 1990 18. [Hard to Handle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-black-crowes-hard-to-handle/) — The Black Crowes · solo by Brendan O'Brien · 1990 19. [Jet City Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-jet-city-woman/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1990 20. [Zyryab](https://greatestsolos.com/song/paco-de-lucia-zyryab/) — Paco de Lucía · solo by Paco de Lucía, Manolo Sanlúcar · 1990 --- 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/)