I'd say Hendrix was the best ever. In fact he was miles ahead of anyone else. Not just my opinion. Most musicians would say the same and polls of best rock guitarist always have him as number one. I would have loved to hear him with Miles Davis (if only he had lived)
I also liked in no particular order:
Jimi Page
Eric Clapton
Johnny Winter
Joe Satriani
Ritchie Blackmore
Keith Richards
John Mclaughlin
Pete Townsend
Dave Gilmore
Tommy Bolin
You r the 1st (i've seen anyway) that has mentioned Page. I thought of it earlier when I was out taking care of the girls and forgot to post this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIHabvURnpk
Good vid with him and the violin bow. Very creative men they were. always to Zepplin.
And yes, I agree...Hendrix was a phenom..