# The Best Neal Schon Guitar Solos > The 18 best Neal Schon guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Who's Crying Now (1981), then Lights and Don't Stop Believin'. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: A teenage prodigy who joined Santana before founding Journey, Neal Schon fused blues, Latin and fusion roots into arena rock's most melodic leads. His solos on Journey's hits are models of singable, emotionally charged guitar playing. Informed by: [Guitar World](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/neal-schon-journey-greatest-tracks), [Brave Words](https://bravewords.com/news/neal-schon-discusses-two-of-journey-s-most-famous-80s-guitar-solos-i-thought-i-was-being-a-smartass-and-i-went-you-want-simple-here-it-is-video/), [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Schon) 1. [Who's Crying Now](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-who-s-crying-now/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1981 2. [Lights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-lights/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1978 3. [Don't Stop Believin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-don-t-stop-believin/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1981 4. [Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-separate-ways-worlds-apart/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1983 5. [Stone in Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-stone-in-love/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1981 6. [Mother, Father](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-mother-father/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1981 7. [Faithfully](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-faithfully/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1983 8. [Wheel in the Sky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-wheel-in-the-sky/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1978 9. [Any Way You Want It](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-any-way-you-want-it/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1980 10. [Song of the Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/santana-song-of-the-wind/) — Santana · solo by Carlos Santana, Neal Schon · 1972 11. [La Do Da](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-la-do-da/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1978 12. [Kohoutek](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-kohoutek/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1975 13. [Escape](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-escape/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1981 14. [Send Her My Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-send-her-my-love/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1983 15. [Line of Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-line-of-fire/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1980 16. [Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin'](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-lovin-touchin-squeezin/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1979 17. [When I See You Smile](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bad-english-when-i-see-you-smile/) — Bad English · solo by Neal Schon · 1989 18. [Only the Young](https://greatestsolos.com/song/journey-only-the-young/) — Journey · solo by Neal Schon · 1985 --- 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/)