Sorry Guys about the lack of choice but the Poll was for me!!
these two were the most relevant to my growing up in the 80's
I can name a million great guitar players from that era:
George Lynch
Warren De Martini
Adrian Belew
Michael Shenker
Glenn Tipton
Carlos Cavazo
Steve Morse
Yngwie Malmsteen
Jason Becker
Marty Friedman
Paul Gilbert
Vitto Bratta
Pat Travers
Allan Holdsworth
and on and on
Jimmy Page was a god as were a million others but as far as 80's rock/metal it was Eddie and Randy for me!
I think Randy would of gone on to do great things if he would of lived... Eddie F'd himself with drugs and booze as he could of gone on to do more amazing things if he would of chosen to.
Of course towards the end.. Nirvana came out did some amazing things that killed hair metal then killed himself and left us with rap