# Gambler guitar solo > John Sykes's guitar solo on Gambler by Whitesnake (1984) starts at about 2:12. From the album Slide It In. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Whitesnake, 1984, from *Slide It In*. Solo by *John Sykes*. Moody, dramatic hard rock with a stinging lead break. It bridges the band's bluesy past and metallic future. Gambler by Whitesnake is #17 in our ranking of the best Whitesnake guitar solos. The solo is played by John Sykes and the song was released in 1984. ## In our lists - [The Best Whitesnake Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/whitesnake-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Gambler? John Sykes played the solo on Whitesnake's Gambler (1984). --- 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/)