# I'll Be There for You guitar solo > Richie Sambora's guitar solo on I'll Be There for You by Bon Jovi (1988) starts at about 3:08. From the album New Jersey. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Bon Jovi, 1988, from *New Jersey*. Solo by *Richie Sambora*. A lyrical, crying power-ballad solo that carries as much emotion as the vocal, full of long sustained bends. I'll Be There for You by Bon Jovi is #6 in our ranking of the best Bon Jovi guitar solos. The solo is played by Richie Sambora and the song was released in 1988. ## In our lists - [The Best Bon Jovi Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/bon-jovi-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on I'll Be There for You? Richie Sambora played the solo on Bon Jovi's I'll Be There for You (1988). --- 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/)