# A Light in the Black guitar solo > Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo on A Light in the Black by Rainbow (1976) starts at about 3:32. From the album Rising. A heavy metal classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Rainbow, 1976, from *Rising*. Solo by *Ritchie Blackmore*. An eight-minute gallop where Blackmore and Tony Carey trade extended solos at full tilt. A Light in the Black by Rainbow is #8 in our ranking of the best Ritchie Blackmore guitar solos. The solo is played by Ritchie Blackmore and the song was released in 1976. ## In our lists - [The Best Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/ritchie-blackmore-guitar-solos/) — #8 - [The Best Rainbow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rainbow-guitar-solos/) — #3 ## Sources - [DigitalDreamDoor: 200 Greatest Metal Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_metal-guitar-solos.html) — #184 ### Who played the guitar solo on A Light in the Black? Ritchie Blackmore played the solo on Rainbow's A Light in the Black (1976). ### What guitar was used on the A Light in the Black solo? A fender stratocaster through a Marshall amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)