# The Best Joe Satriani Guitar Solos > The 19 best Joe Satriani guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Surfing with the Alien (1987), then Always with Me, Always with You and Satch Boogie. Canonical URL: Joe Satriani proved that an all-instrumental guitar record could go platinum, pairing shred technique with hummable melodies on Surfing with the Alien. As a teacher of Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett and a relentless recording artist, he shaped how rock guitar sounds as a lead voice. Informed by: [Wikipedia - Joe Satriani discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Satriani_discography), [Wikipedia - Surfing with the Alien](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing_with_the_Alien) 1. [Surfing with the Alien](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-surfing-with-the-alien/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 2. [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 3. [Satch Boogie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-satch-boogie/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 4. [Flying in a Blue Dream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-flying-in-a-blue-dream/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1989 5. [Summer Song](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-summer-song/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1992 6. [The Crush of Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-the-crush-of-love/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1989 7. [Cryin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-cryin/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1992 8. [Ice 9](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-ice-9/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 9. [Circles](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-circles/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 10. [The Extremist](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-the-extremist/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1992 11. [Friends](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-friends/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1992 12. [Echo](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-echo/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 13. [Midnight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-midnight/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1987 14. [Not of This Earth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-not-of-this-earth/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1986 15. [Rubina](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-rubina/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1986 16. [Big Bad Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-big-bad-moon/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1989 17. [One Big Rush](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-one-big-rush/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 1989 18. [If I Could Fly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-if-i-could-fly/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 2004 19. [Crowd Chant](https://greatestsolos.com/song/joe-satriani-crowd-chant/) — Joe Satriani · solo by Joe Satriani · 2006 --- 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/)