# The Best Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Ritchie Blackmore guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Highway Star (1972), then Stargazer and Child in Time. Every video starts at the solo.

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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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Purple_discography), [Wikipedia – Rainbow discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_discography)

1. [Highway Star](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-highway-star/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972
2. [Stargazer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-stargazer/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1976
3. [Child in Time](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-child-in-time/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1970
4. [Gates of Babylon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-gates-of-babylon/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
5. [Lazy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-lazy/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972
6. [Kill the King](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-kill-the-king/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
7. [Burn](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-burn/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1974
8. [A Light in the Black](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-a-light-in-the-black/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1976
9. [Mistreated](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-mistreated/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1974
10. [Man on the Silver Mountain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-man-on-the-silver-mountain/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975
11. [Catch the Rainbow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-catch-the-rainbow/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1975
12. [Difficult to Cure](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-difficult-to-cure/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1981
13. [Smoke on the Water](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-smoke-on-the-water/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1972
14. [Long Live Rock 'n' Roll](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-long-live-rock-n-roll/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1978
15. [Spotlight Kid](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-spotlight-kid/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1981
16. [Street of Dreams](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-street-of-dreams/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1983
17. [Since You Been Gone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rainbow-since-you-been-gone/) — Rainbow · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1979
18. [Wring That Neck](https://greatestsolos.com/song/deep-purple-wring-that-neck/) — Deep Purple · solo by Ritchie Blackmore · 1968

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