fave solo that wouldn't make the usual 'top' lists?

[mr_sooty]

Cutting Crew: I just Died in your arms tonight

[crushing day]

Van Halen - Secrets
Ian Moss - When the war is over
Men at Work - Overkill
Tears for Fears - Everybody wants to rule the world outro solo
Steve Rothery - Easter

[crowbgood1]

Bowie's Moonage Daydream. Mick Ronson delay supreme.

[handsoffmatt]

Cutting Crew: I just Died in your arms tonight

+1!!!!

We end our gig with this song most nights. I carve up a massive extended solo and it feels awesome EVERY time!!!!

My fave for this topic is:

Little FIghter - White Lion.
Vitto Bratta was magnificent in everything he did - but this one in particular was just awesome!!

[Basket Case]

Yep, Vito was awesome. Such a shame that he disappeared and never resurfaced. I think he's pretty bitter towards the whole music industry.

[alf]

Sublime - Santeria
Steve Lukather - Hold the Line
Elliot Easton - Best Friends Girl (also winner of most country cliche licks in a pop solo )

Honourable mention for most of Ian Moss' solos

[badmotor]

Megadeth - Tornado of Souls

Used to do it in a covers band because our lead guitarist could do it perfectly. Love that one.

[corsair]

Cold Chisel's - Star Hotel - intro and solo
Foreigner - Cold as ice
Rod Stewart - I was only joking
Al Stewart - Year of the cat
Monkees - Valleri (the fast quasi flamenco intro..)
Amazing Rhythm Aces - Third rate romance
Graham Bonnet - It's all over now, Baby Blue
Shocking Blue - Venus
The Vapors - Turning Japanese

[slash-ed]

Queen - These Are The Days of Our Lives

[rob_on_guitar]

I like alot of stevie stevens solos, he pretty much got it sussed, some others:
The sleep - Pantera
For all eternity - Fight
Stranger in a strange land - Iron Maiden
Black knight (original) - Deep purple
Any Testament ballad pretty much has awesome solos
Anything James murphy solos on.
And something about Lynch on Dokkens back for the attack album, that dude was styling then.

Side note: Lynch mobs latest album not to shabby, Oni back on vox.

[druz15]

John Frusciante - Before The Beginning... may not count, the whole song is a solo. Very Maggot Brain-ish.
John Frusciante - Anne
John Frusciante - With Love
John Frusciante - Second Walk
John Frusciante - The Past Recedes
RHCP - Readymade
RHCP - Strip My Mind
RHCP - I Could Have Lied
RHCP - C'mon Girl (the one that starts at 3:20)
RHCP - Wet Sand
RHCP - Turn It Again (the one at 4:50)

I was going to put RHCP's Scar Tissue, but I think I've seen that on a list.

Uhh... notice a trend?

Needs more Fr00sh.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djkEHxypctU[/youtube]

EDIT:
Also I'd have to throw in Californication. Nice call on before the beginning though tasty as solo

[crushing day]

Queen - These Are The Days of Our Lives

that is a great solo

[Fler]

Rob mentioned Allan Holdsorth's Road Games, so I'll up him with Fredrik Thordendal on his solo album Sol Niger Within: Zeta 1 - Reticuli, his leads on Meshuggah's Future Breed Machine are awesome too.

Also...

Opeth - Moonlapse Vertigo. Honestly I can think of many amazing Opeth solos.

Devin Townsend - Deep Peace, Stagnant

Cynic - How Could I?, The Space For This

I could think of many more but those are some really good ones.

[Marshall]

Alot of stuff by Lindsay Buckingham. Tasteful Blues shred for the win.

[rob_on_guitar]

Death - Perrenial Quest.... the outro to that with the acoustics, kick assage!