# The Best Gojira Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Gojira guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Flying Whales (2005), then Stranded and The Heaviest Matter of the Universe. Every video starts at the solo.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/list/gojira-guitar-solos/>

Gojira rarely solo in the traditional sense, but their pick-scrape squeals, whammy-bent riffs and tapped figures have shaped modern metal guitar. The French band turned riffs themselves into their most memorable guitar moments.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Gojira](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojira_(band)), [Wikipedia – Gojira discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gojira_discography)

1. [Flying Whales](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-flying-whales/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2005
2. [Stranded](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-stranded/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2016
3. [The Heaviest Matter of the Universe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-the-heaviest-matter-of-the-universe/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2005
4. [Silvera](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-silvera/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2016
5. [Oroborus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-oroborus/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2008
6. [L'Enfant Sauvage](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-l-enfant-sauvage/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2012
7. [Global Warming](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-global-warming/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2005
8. [The Chant](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-the-chant/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2021
9. [Backbone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-backbone/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2005
10. [Toxic Garbage Island](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-toxic-garbage-island/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2008
11. [Vacuity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-vacuity/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2008
12. [Amazonia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-amazonia/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2021
13. [Born for One Thing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-born-for-one-thing/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2021
14. [Explosia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-explosia/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2012
15. [Ocean Planet](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-ocean-planet/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2005
16. [Another World](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-another-world/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2021
17. [Low Lands](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-low-lands/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2016

---

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/)