I am surprised at so much love for Paige. His riffs/tunes were awesome... but he was sloppy as hell.
If you like Eric Clapton, you should listen to JJ Cale.
If you like Santana, you should find Al DiMeola.
Satriani got no love I noticed.
Steve Vai either...
For that matter... what about dirty Frank? Zappa was brilliant.
Was nice that someone mentioned Django and Iomi.
Marty Freedman? Jason Becker?
Just so many...