Prog Guitar Solos

What, I can only pick one? 

Off the top of my head I would say reasons for waiting - jethro tull, firth of firth - genesis, starship trooper - yes, reason for it all - kayak, starless - king crimson, ommadawn (whole album) - mike oldfield, hergest ridge - mike oldfield. Actually Oldfield is my favourite guitar player, he's done loads of good stuff! That's just a start.

It would be preferable if you can narrow it down to one, but myself included that's extremely hard. So pick a few of your favorites then...

Watermelon in Easter Hay 

The second solo of comfortably numb on Pulse

The solo towards the end of "One Last Goodbye" from Anathema's Judgement album boasts a great emotional delivery.

I'll join the stupidity. Every Petrucci solo

Steve Howe on Yes' "Awaken," Adrian Belew on Talking Heads' "The Great Curve," John Mitchell on Frost*'s "Falling Down," many by Mirek Gil (Collage's "The Blues"), John McLaughlin on Shakti's "Mind Ecology," Jan Akkerman's on Focus' "Questions? Answers! Answers? Questions!" and on "Skywalking" and "Guardian Angel," Robert Smith's on The Cure's "The Kiss," Robert Fripp's on David Sylvian's "Upon This Earth," Pat Metheny on "Are You Going With Me?" too many to name by Reine Fiske, Hiram Bullock on Sting's version of "Little Wing," David Gilmour on "Comfortably Numb" and "Time," Steve Hackett on "Spectral Mornings" and "The Lamia," on Eris Pluvia's "The Darkness Gleams," on Guido Bungenstock on Sylvan's "Pane of Truth," too many by Jeff Beck, Chris Fry on Magenta's "Sloth," Dave Bainbridge on Iona's "Wave After Wave," The duo on The Mars Volta's "Cicatrix ESP," the crazy duo on My Brother the Wind's "Fire! Fire!" David Maurin on Nil's "Le Gardien," Todd Rundgren on "The Last Ride" and Utopia's "Utopia Theme," Steven Wilson on "Dark Matter," Piotr Grudzinski on Riverside's "Second Life Syndrome," Allan Holdsworth on UK's "In the Dead of Night," Bjørn Riis on Airbag's "Colours," Dean or Doug on Anubis' "Bond of Mutual Distrust," and Mike Oldfield on "Incantations," to name a few. (It's my day off and it's too cold outside to do anything constructive so . . . )

Steve Hackett's solo in Ikhnaton And Itsacon section of Supper's Ready.

Jethro Tull - We Used To Know. It has been one of my favourite guitar solos of all time. Maybe not so prog, but very beautiful and full of emotion.