Well vote for the best guitarist of all time here...
Persoannly my favorite is Steve Vai...
W Van Helen right behind
after that is of course...
Randy Rhoads

Total Guitar magazine had a poll on this topic, the results were:
1. Jimi Hendrix
2. Jimmy Page
3. Eric Claptop
4. Slash
5. Brian May
6. Joe Satriani
7. Eddie Van Halen
8. David Gilmour
9. Kirk Hammett
10. Steve Vai

..alll the way to..
100. Nile Rodgers

They also had another poll for fastest guitarist:
1. Steve Vai
2. George Lynch
3. Kirk Hammett
4. Paul Gilbert
5. Eddie Van Halen
6. Joe Satriani
7. Nuno Bettencourt
8. Yngwie Malmsteen
9. Marty Friedman
10. Steve Morse

But I think in the end it all comes down to personal opinion ^^
Personally I go for Santana and Hendrix~

WHOA Hendrix is #1?
I thought it would be Helen...
Joe Satriani is NOT better than Vai >.<
Clapton FTW!!!

I like the fastest poll better.....
And you are totally right...
It's all personal options

still VAI FTW!!!

Haha, Vai DID learn from Satch in the first place. So, it's not a big surprise. =)

Though now they would be considered to be at the same level. Hehe.

I like Vai's guitars better though. The JEM series are awesome. The JS series are just plain ugly. lol.

And hey, they don't have the likes of SRV or BB King on the top 10. =O