Traditionally, the rock guitar hero is a lone gunslinger who swaggers onstage, commandeers the spotlight and out-solos the competition with a blazing display of look-at-me-look-at-me-look-at-me fretacularity – perhaps that's why some of rock's most enduring acts feature two guitarists.
So, check out our guide to the top 10 guitar duos of all time.
“I only used the back pickup. Ozzy hates the sound of the front pickup. He calls it the ‘cow tone’”: Bursting with ideas but deferential to Ozzy Osbourne, a young Zakk Wylde had interesting guitar instructions upon joining the legendary frontman's band
“It was very simplistic compared to my later compositions”: It may have been inspired by the Kinks, but Al Di Meola's Race with Devil on Spanish Highway is one of the great virtuoso displays in guitar history. Watch the maestro play it with Steve Vai
