# The Best Uli Jon Roth Guitar Solos > The 16 best Uli Jon Roth guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Sails of Charon (1977), then We'll Burn the Sky and Fly to the Rainbow. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Uli Jon Roth brought Hendrix's expressive Stratocaster voice and classical discipline together in 1970s Scorpions, effectively inventing neoclassical metal guitar. With Electric Sun and his extended-range Sky Guitar he pushed further, influencing Yngwie Malmsteen, Kirk Hammett and many more. Informed by: [Wikipedia: Uli Jon Roth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uli_Jon_Roth), [Wikipedia: Taken by Force](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taken_by_Force), [Wikipedia: In Trance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Trance), [Wikipedia: Fly to the Rainbow](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_to_the_Rainbow), [Wikipedia: Electric Sun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_Sun) 1. [Sails of Charon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-sails-of-charon/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1977 2. [We'll Burn the Sky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-we-ll-burn-the-sky/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1977 3. [Fly to the Rainbow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-fly-to-the-rainbow/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1974 4. [Pictured Life](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-pictured-life/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1976 5. [Polar Nights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-polar-nights/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1976 6. [In Trance](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-in-trance/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1975 7. [Dark Lady](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-dark-lady/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1975 8. [Yellow Raven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-yellow-raven/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1976 9. [Virgin Killer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-virgin-killer/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1976 10. [Drifting Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-drifting-sun/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1974 11. [All Night Long](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-all-night-long/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1978 12. [Evening Wind](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-evening-wind/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1975 13. [Night Lights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-night-lights/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1975 14. [Japanese Dream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/electric-sun-japanese-dream/) — Electric Sun · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1979 15. [Life's Like a River](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-life-s-like-a-river/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1975 16. [Hell-Cat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/scorpions-hell-cat/) — Scorpions · solo by Uli Jon Roth · 1976 --- 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/)