# Thunderbird guitar solo > Carlos Cavazo's guitar solo on Thunderbird by Quiet Riot (1983) starts at about 2:50. From the album Metal Health. A heavy metal classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Quiet Riot, 1983, from *Metal Health*. Solo by *Carlos Cavazo*. A heartfelt tribute to Randy Rhoads with a restrained, emotional guitar break. Thunderbird by Quiet Riot is #6 in our ranking of the best Quiet Riot guitar solos. The solo is played by Carlos Cavazo and the song was released in 1983. ## In our lists - [The Best Quiet Riot Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/quiet-riot-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Thunderbird? Carlos Cavazo played the solo on Quiet Riot's Thunderbird (1983). --- 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/)