Di Meola, Via, Beck, Satriana, Hadden Sayers, Chris Duarte'...heck even Zappa brought something to the table.
Every genre has stars...from Roy Clark and Brad Paisley, to SRV and the 3 Kings.
Music/guitarists are subjective.
Clapton has what...grammys in 5/6 different genres of music?
Lots of great guitarists that has passed, and lots of em currently flying under the radar.
I like em all.