Watch Mojo's picks for the world's most talented 6 string guitar players

Watch Mojo picks the most dizzyingly talented 6 string Wizards in the world, # 20 Eric Johnson .

The X-Men guitarist cuts his teeth with some extremely heavy Blues based rock with the group Mariani before venturing into jazz fusion territory with Electro magnets.

Sinister Gates shreds like there's no tomorrow, evoking fond memories of the much missed Alexei Lijo from Children Of Bodom.

Metal fans seeking technical wizardry and riff savagery need look no further than the amazing work of Jeff Loomis .

Dosa Nabasi is a generational talent who has lent his enviable abilities to groups like Animals As Leaders while also blazing a trail and reputation of his own.

The list of guitar players is miles long and stretches back decades .

Eddie Van Halen's Eruption off their debut album in 1978 is widely viewed as its watershed moment when it crossed into the mainstream.

Michelangelo Badio is a notoriously over the top shredder who made a name for himself in the 1980s as lead guitarist for the bands Holland and Nitro .

Steve Vai has consistently earned top honors as one of the world's most talented and in demand guitar players.