guitarist

Vi0LaToR wrote: i think is most important the creativity to make melodies like david gilmour or Fripp, howe has the two qualities  but steve vai i think only has skill to play for example

Howe has both? Mmmm, not really. He was a skillfull player when compared with other guitar players from early 70's but I can't imagine him playing the speedy and technical solos by some modern guitarists as Vai, Petrucci or even Trevor Rabin. In fact when he plays on stage  some of the Trevor Rabin stuff he never tries to play his solos. He just couldn't do it the same.  When Eddie Van Halen came up in 1977 with a whole new guitar technique all the guitar players that supposed to be skillfull before him ceased to be so skillfull. The post-Van Halen guitar players are usually much more advanced technically than the early 70's guitarists.

That said, I must say that I love Howe's playing, but I consider Steve Howe more a "creative" guitar player, and I prefer him over most of the "skillfull" players.

But of course the best would be a mix between creativity and technical ability.