# Big Bad Moon guitar solo > The guitar solo on Big Bad Moon by Joe Satriani (1989) starts at about 2:28. From the album Flying in a Blue Dream. A hard rock classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Joe Satriani, 1989, from *Flying in a Blue Dream*. Solo by *Joe Satriani*. A gritty blues-rock number with vocals and harmonica, highlighted by raw, slide-inflected lead work. Big Bad Moon by Joe Satriani is #16 in our ranking of the best Joe Satriani guitar solos. The solo is played by Joe Satriani and the song was released in 1989. ## In our lists - [The Best Joe Satriani Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/joe-satriani-guitar-solos/) — #16 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Big Bad Moon? Joe Satriani played the solo on Joe Satriani's Big Bad Moon (1989). --- 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/)