"fast" guitarists...
Frank Zappa and Alvin Lee (Ten Years After). In a slightly different light, one would be remiss by not mentioning Dickey Betts
Stylistically, noone has mentioned Jeff Beck or Mark Knopfler or Mike Campbell OR probably the most distinctive lead guitarists - David Gillmore (what's up with that?)...
The lead riff hall of fame:
The lead guitar in
Aqualung, I'd Love to Change the World, whole album Blow by Blow, Stairway to Heaven, That Smell, Muffin Man, Voodoo Chile (slight reprise - hell the whole side four of Electric Ladyland)
And this is just off the top of my head...
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Incredible.