The two first guitar players i realy loved were angus young and brian may. Till this day i realy think that brian may has the best solos in rock music.. every thing he have done with Queen sounded so good because he knew what he was doing through the way, and not just mastrubated on the fretboard like certain people do.
Then when i was 14, (4 years ago :) ) i heard ritchie blackmore playing the highway star solo on the "made in japan" album. it realy blew my mind and i got my nylon acustic .. and the rest is history :)