# The Best Whitesnake Guitar Solos

> The 17 best Whitesnake guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Still of the Night (1987), then Crying in the Rain and Here I Go Again. Every video starts at the solo.

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David Coverdale's Whitesnake moved from bluesy British hard rock with Bernie Marsden and Micky Moody to arena-sized 80s metal powered by John Sykes and later Steve Vai. The 1987 album in particular set a benchmark for towering, tone-drenched hard rock guitar solos.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Whitesnake discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake_discography), [Wikipedia: Whitesnake (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitesnake_(album)), [Wikipedia: Slip of the Tongue](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_of_the_Tongue_(album)), [Wikipedia: Slide It In](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_It_In)

1. [Still of the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-still-of-the-night/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1987
2. [Crying in the Rain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-crying-in-the-rain/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1987
3. [Here I Go Again](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-here-i-go-again/) — Whitesnake · solo by Adrian Vandenberg · 1987
4. [Is This Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-is-this-love/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1987
5. [Bad Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-bad-boys/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1987
6. [Give Me All Your Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-give-me-all-your-love/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1987
7. [Slide It In](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-slide-it-in/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1984
8. [Love Ain't No Stranger](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-love-ain-t-no-stranger/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1984
9. [Judgement Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-judgement-day/) — Whitesnake · solo by Steve Vai · 1989
10. [Slip of the Tongue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-slip-of-the-tongue/) — Whitesnake · solo by Steve Vai · 1989
11. [Sailing Ships](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-sailing-ships/) — Whitesnake · solo by Steve Vai · 1989
12. [Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-ain-t-no-love-in-the-heart-of-the-city/) — Whitesnake · solo by Micky Moody · 1978
13. [Fool for Your Loving](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-fool-for-your-loving/) — Whitesnake · solo by Bernie Marsden · 1980
14. [Children of the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-children-of-the-night/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1987
15. [Walking in the Shadow of the Blues](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-walking-in-the-shadow-of-the-blues/) — Whitesnake · solo by Bernie Marsden · 1979
16. [Lovehunter](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-lovehunter/) — Whitesnake · solo by Micky Moody · 1979
17. [Gambler](https://greatestsolos.com/song/whitesnake-gambler/) — Whitesnake · solo by John Sykes · 1984

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