NME editors have called the rocker's solo "a masterclass in build-up" in naming it number one in their 50 Greatest Guitar Solos countdown.

Page's Stairway to Heaven solo for Led Zeppelin and Hendrix's All Along the Watchtower come in second and third, respectively, while Tom Morello's solo on Rage Against the MAChine's Killing in the Name and Muse's Knights of Cydonia round out the top five.