The Best Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solos

Ritchie Blackmore brought classical scales, exotic modes and a showman's flair to rock guitar, first with Deep Purple and then with Rainbow. His solos on songs like Highway Star, Stargazer and Gates of Babylon laid the foundations of neoclassical and power metal.

Informed by: Wikipedia – Deep Purple discography, Wikipedia – Rainbow discography

1. 1
   Highway Star

   Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972
2. 2
   Stargazer

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1976
3. 3
   Child in Time

   Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1970
4. 4
   Gates of Babylon

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
5. 5
   Lazy

   Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972
6. 6
   Kill the King

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
7. 7
   Burn

   Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1974
8. 8
   A Light in the Black

   Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1976
9. 9
   Mistreated

   Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1974
10. 10
    Man on the Silver Mountain

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975
11. 11
    Catch the Rainbow

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975
12. 12
    Difficult to Cure

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1981
13. 13
    Smoke on the Water

    Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972
14. 14
    Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
15. 15
    Spotlight Kid

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1981
16. 16
    Street of Dreams

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1983
17. 17
    Since You Been Gone

    Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1979
18. 18
    Wring That Neck

    Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1968