ahem...
in order of chonology:
Anything Dick Dale, Buddy Guy, or Chuck Berry
Velvet Underground
Rolling Stones
Eric Clapton and or Cream
Frank Zappa
Jimi Hendrix
Deep Purple
Led Zeppelin
Pink Floyd
Jeff Beck
Bad Company (hehehe jimmy page actually played all of their solos)
Black Sabbath
Allman Bros
Earlier Neil Young preferably with Crazy Horse
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Carlos Santana
Scorpions
Van Halen
Steve Vai
Joe Satriani
Iggy Pop and the Stooges (YAY Detroit!)
Yngwie Malmsteen
Paul gilbert of Racer X
Megadeth
John Petrucci
Pantera
Buckethead....don't ever underestimate the man from the coop, he just came out with a flamenco guitar album!!!
The Black Keys
this is my short list of very guitar oriented bands that, imo, got guitar solos right.
the bands get harder as the list goes down.