# To Be a Man guitar solo > Tom Scholz's guitar solo on To Be a Man by Boston (1986) starts at about 2:00. From the album Third Stage. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Boston, 1986, from *Third Stage*. Solo by *Tom Scholz*. A moody, piano-led piece where Scholz's lead lines weep over the arrangement before the album's closing suite. To Be a Man by Boston is #17 in our ranking of the best Boston guitar solos. The solo is played by Tom Scholz and the song was released in 1986. ## In our lists - [The Best Boston Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/boston-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on To Be a Man? Tom Scholz played the solo on Boston's To Be a Man (1986). --- 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/)