Ten of the Best Instrumental Guitar Albums

The list author says:
	"Steve Vai guides you through the temultuous soundscapes of the brilliantly visualised and highly conceptual Fire Garden. Passion and Warfare is excellent also, but this is his true masterpiece."

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	"Joe Satriani at his rawest and most vulnerable. An excellent album with some tremendous drumming from Manu Katche!"

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	"My favourite acoustic guitarist. Kotaro is one-of-a-kind - melodically, rhythmically and technically adept - his playing will leave you speechless."

The list author says:
	"Greg Howe is such an amazingly individual player with awesome technique and feeling, great sense of swing too! Also check out Extraction."

The list author says:
	"Frank Gambale's best album, hands down, and the only album he has released on Favored Nations, Steve Vai's record label."

The list author says:
	"Allan Holdsworth's seminal fusion album. The best legato player in the world at his compositional best."

The list author says:
	"Pat Metheny plays baritone guitar on this lovely collection of solo pieces. Tranquil and transcendental, Don't Know Why by Norah Jones is my favourite arrangement on the album."

The list author says:
	"The start piece, Koi Uta, is very beautiful with some excellent use of the Erhu dueting the guitar. I first heard this on Japanese radio in 2002 and I had to get the album!"

The list author says:
	"Mike Keneally is best described as a crazy multi-instrumentalist wizard who concots some of the most surreal, intriguing and challenging music on the planet. This album is perhaps his most accesible."

The list author says:
	"Eric Johnson has one of the most beautiful guitar tones in the world. Also try Bloom."