I agree with you ´cause I don´t find Eddie being that fast to bve compared to Yngwie our Gilbert. But Eddie have definitly more feeling in his solos than Yngwie our Gilbert have and his sound is amazing. But Eddie is legend.

I saw a top rank of shreders of the eightis and here´s the list (actually there was eleven players)

10. Randy Rhoads
9. George Lynch
8. Greg Howe
7. Jason Becker/Mary Friedman
6. Paul Gilbert
5. Eric Johnson
4. Joe Satriani
3. Yngwie Malmsteen
2. Steve Vai
1. Eddie Van Halen

Now I don´t agree with this list 100% but most parts are OK. I think that they have forgotten Chris Impellitteri and Michael Angelo (but I´m not sure if he was famous in the eightis). I think that Randy and Eddie are equal players and if Eddie´s first than Randy should be next to him but they don´t deserve the first place. And to be honest, I don´t know who deserve it.