@ Btstrg: you've beat me to it. I have seen and heard many wonderfull guitarists, but there's something magical about Eruption. Maybe it's because it was the first proper guitarsolo I heard when I was a teenager, or that it inspired me to play guitar myself... Every time I hear the first notes, I get this happy feeling inside. And that's what's music is about!
Best guitar explosion of all time
My vote is for Jimi's Voodoo Chile - a Slight Return! No one has come close to his majic on that recording. I am a big Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton fan and everything they have done falls short. Not for emotional involvement, or technical virtuousity, but for the finality of the perfect guitar moment. Jimi hit it on the mark - and then some!