Your favorite guitar solo on an album from a guest musician?

I like the one Steve Vai played on Motörhead's Terminal Show song.

Robert Fripp - title track from the Nil Recurring EP by Porcupine Tree
Alex Lifeson - the song Anesthetize from the album Fear Of A Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree
Mikael Akerfeldt - second guitar solo on the song Arriving Somewhere But Not Here by Porcupine Tree

The rather unlikely PIL guitarist Steve Vai.

Even though it isn't metal related, I like Stevie Ray Vaughn's solo on Let's Dance by David Bowie.


Here's a pre-album demo version:
https://youtu.be/fEn3BPsXTbU

China Girl:
https://youtu.be/LXOmJa1Q3-4

The first 2 that came to my mind are more rock than metal, but so what...

Eric Clapton playing on the Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'
Eddie Van Halen on Michael Jackson's 'Beat It'

Brian May on Black Sabbath's When Death Calls

MG nailed it with the EVH.

How about this outro solo by Zakk Wylde?



Okay, so I mostly posted that for the sake of novelty.

I've always liked the simple little guitar solo in Gene Simmons's version of "See You In Your Dreams". According to wikipedia, the guitarist was Rick Nielsen.

I See Fripp & Bowie mentioned so how about this one..Robert Fripp on the Bowie track "Heroes"

Does Michael Schenker count on the Scorpions Love Drive record? He's on what 3-7 tracks ? Even he does not seem to know.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

The first 2 that came to my mind are more rock than metal, but so what...

Eric Clapton playing on the Beatles 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps''

Yeah, I have to go with that one too! Great job by EC

Boris2008 wrote:

The rather unlikely PIL guitarist Steve Vai.

I heard they hired a bunch of famous musicians for this with them not knowing who the singer was, Anybody heard that before?  I think Ginger Baker mentioned that once & he played on the record.

Interesting idea if that is truly what happened..

S.D. wrote:

Robert Fripp - title track from the Nil Recurring EP by Porcupine Tree
Alex Lifeson - the song Anesthetize from the album Fear Of A Blank Planet by Porcupine Tree
Mikael Akerfeldt - second guitar solo on the song Arriving Somewhere But Not Here by Porcupine Tree

I could be jumping at shadows, but I think I see a pattern here..

Not metal (though pretty badass), but David Gilmour's lead work on Warren Zevon's "Run Straight Down" is EPIC as hell! The Transverse City album in general gets a lot of flak and I think it's undeserved. It's probably my favorite album by Zevon in the final accounting.

Brian May lays down some sweet guitar on this track from Taylor Hawkins (Foo Fighters) and the Coattail Riders...


He's on this track too...

Duane Allman on Layla

Tony Iommi on Utopian Blaster by Cathedral

Jimi Hendrix - Old Times, Good Times from the album "Stephen Stills" (1970)

S.D. wrote:

Duane Allman on Layla

Was Duane a guest? I thought he was part of the group, no?

EDIT: Further research tells me he wasn't an "official" member, but his playing is all over that album. I just assumed he was part of the group. Kooky.

Rick Derringer on "Exciter" by KISS
All the guests on "In Your Face" by Shout

Tourniquet has been using a lot of guest musicians on recent albums, but none of the playing really stands out IMO. Even with guys like Marty Friedman and Bruce Franklin.

Steely Dan became a studio-only band after their second album and their records feature a variety of great session guitarists including players like Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour and others.

I don't know for sure if Rocky George was ever an official member of the Cro-Mags, but he laid down some cool solos on the Revenge album.

Dave Mustaine's solo on Sanctuary's cover of White Rabbit.