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It's a bit strange, but when I think of great guitar solos I don't think so much about prog as hard rock/heavy metal, which seems to be more guitar-oriented. However, there are great solos in prog too, and here's a non-exhaustive list of my favourites:

Starship Trooper, Heart of the Sunrise and Mood for a Day - Steve Howe

Blood on the Rooftops - Steve Hackett

Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Comfortably Numb - David Gilmour

La Villa Strangiato, Xanadu and The Weapon - Alex Lifeson

Aqualung and My God - Martin Barre

 

As to non-prog, here's just a few of my favourite ones:

Almost anything from Ritchie Blackmore

Sunset - Gary Moore

Glenn Tipton's solo from Beyond the Realms of Death (Judas Priest)

Die Young - Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath)

Veteran of the Psychic Wars (ET Live version) - Buck Dharma Roeser (BOC)

And of course Stairway to Heaven!
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Frank Bornemann's solo at the end of Poseidon's Creation, by ELOY on Ocean.  Incredible.
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Anything played by Alex Lifeson, Steve Howe or Steve Hacket gets my vote!!
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Probably my 2 favorite Guitar solos have to be

 

1.John Petrucci' s solo in Hollow Years (LIVE AT BUDOKAN)

2. Pink Floyd's   Comfortably Numb

 
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  • Scott Henderson - Tore Down House
  • Greg Koch - Red House
  • Steve Vai - Rescue Me or Bury Me
  • Arjen Anthony Lucassen - The Dream Sequencer

 
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Colosseum - Bolero.

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Steve Howe's bridge on 'To Be Over'. Genius!
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Steve Howe  - Starship trooper

Frank Zappa - Pajama people

 
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  • Metallica - (Welcome Home) Sanitarium - First Guitar solo
  • Several Zappa solo's on Joe's Garage
  • Genesis - Firth of Fifth - Steve Hackett solo at the long ending of the song
  • Some of John Petrucci's solos 92-97
  • Some of Michael Rome's solos on most SX alums
  • King Crimson - Easy Money - Solo in the middle section

And many more!!
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Genesis - Firth of Fifth
Pink Floyd - Time
Pink Floyd - Fletcher Memorial Home
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Yes - Starship Trooper
Camel - Lady Fantasy
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Gotta mention:

Zappa - Inca Roads
Fredrik Thordendal - I, Galactus (he may be a Holdsworth clone, but i just love that solo)
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Samla Mammas Manna - Andra Satsen.

Eloy - Silhouette.

Focus - Birth.

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Saturn, lord of the ring/Mercury, the winged messenger.

Neu! - Hallogallo.

Ozric Tentacles - Coily.

Buckethead - Jump Man.

Obviously, Hackett should not be considered for a list like this, that would be like allowing USA into a hypocrisy competition. It's simply not fair.

 

 
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