# Heart of a Lion guitar solo > Paul Gilbert's guitar solo on Heart of a Lion by Racer X (1987) starts at about 2:01. From the album Second Heat. A heavy metal classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Racer X, 1987, from *Second Heat*. Solo by *Paul Gilbert*. A cover of a then-unreleased Judas Priest song, powered by Scott Travis and a fiery, virtuosic Gilbert solo. Heart of a Lion by Racer X is #9 in our ranking of the best Racer X guitar solos. The solo is played by Paul Gilbert and the song was released in 1987. ## In our lists - [The Best Racer X Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/racer-x-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Heart of a Lion? Paul Gilbert played the solo on Racer X's Heart of a Lion (1987). --- 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/)