# Bad Boys guitar solo > John Sykes's guitar solo on Bad Boys by Whitesnake (1987) starts at about 2:28. From the album Whitesnake. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Whitesnake, 1987, from *Whitesnake*. Solo by *John Sykes*. A fast, aggressive track with a shred-heavy Sykes solo. Its speed and attack show his Thin Lizzy-honed power. Bad Boys by Whitesnake is #5 in our ranking of the best Whitesnake guitar solos. The solo is played by John Sykes and the song was released in 1987. ## In our lists - [The Best Whitesnake Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/whitesnake-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Bad Boys? John Sykes played the solo on Whitesnake's Bad Boys (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/)