The Best Rainbow Guitar Solos

Rainbow gave Ritchie Blackmore a vehicle to fuse classical melody, exotic scales and heavy riffing after Deep Purple. His neoclassical solos here laid the groundwork for power metal and the shred era.

Informed by: Louder, Goldmine, Far Out Magazine

1. 1
   Stargazer

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1976
2. 2
   Gates of Babylon

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
3. 3
   A Light in the Black

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1976
4. 4
   Kill the King

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
5. 5
   Man on the Silver Mountain

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975
6. 6
   Mistreated

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1977
7. 7
   Catch the Rainbow

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975
8. 8
   Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
9. 9
   Spotlight Kid

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1981
10. 10
    Tarot Woman

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1976
11. 11
    Difficult to Cure

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1981
12. 12
    Eyes of the World

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1979
13. 13
    Since You Been Gone

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1979
14. 14
    Stone Cold

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1982
15. 15
    Lost in Hollywood

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1979
16. 16
    Street of Dreams

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1983
17. 17
    Death Alley Driver

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1982
18. 18
    Still I'm Sad

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975
19. 19
    Self Portrait

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975