Originally Posted by Skaligojurah

I like Pink Floyd but I feel that it's more for general atmosphere as whole than guitar work. Not that I dislike David Gilmour, his guitar work was good, mind you, just don't feel it particularly is the trait that made Pink Floyd a success, and I believe if you compare sheer importance of his guitar work to the music compared to the three mentioned, he's less notable.

Albeit, I guess, Zappa maybe not as much since he relied more on composition and could easily do without his rather overlooked sheer skill, and the same could probably be said about Fripp even if his guitar work is obviously a very essential element to King Crimson.

Essentially though, David Gilmour is very noteworthy, but I don't think particularly as a guitarist.