# Eyes of the World guitar solo > Ritchie Blackmore's guitar solo on Eyes of the World by Rainbow (1979) starts at about 3:39. From the album Down to Earth. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Rainbow, 1979, from *Down to Earth*. Solo by *Ritchie Blackmore*. A dramatic, dark-toned epic with a searing solo that recalls the grandeur of the Dio era. Eyes of the World by Rainbow is #12 in our ranking of the best Rainbow guitar solos. The solo is played by Ritchie Blackmore and the song was released in 1979. ## In our lists - [The Best Rainbow Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rainbow-guitar-solos/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Eyes of the World? Ritchie Blackmore played the solo on Rainbow's Eyes of the World (1979). ### What guitar was used on the Eyes of the World 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/)