Mark Knopfler (the first kind of guitar I ever really listened to, age 13)
Gary Moore (love the screaming blues solos - Parisienne Walkways)
Bernie Marsden + Micky Moody (some of Whitesnakes earlier stuff has some awesome soloing between these guys, so can't just leave one out. Brilliant hard rock/blues combo - listen to Love Hunter and Ready and Willing albums)
There are so many more, but this is it to 3!