I’ve recently watched a video uploaded on YT by two guys from Thomann, recorded during the Guitar Summit in Germany, where they asked various guitarists attending the show who, in their opinion, was the most underrated guitar player. As you can imagine, the replies varied greatly. The interviewers also asked youtubers watching the clip to post their votes in the comment section.
I’m very curious what the folks here at Justin Guitar think, so would be grateful if you could let me (and the others) know what you think…
Let me tell you what I wrote in my comment. I mentioned three guitar players whose playing I value very high, all very different from each other: Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Jan Akkerman (a guitarist with the Dutch group Focus, then solo career) and Lindsay Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac with his very interesting fingerstyle playing on an electric guitar.
Anyone cares to join in? 
Lindsey Buckingham of course !
Me. For sure. LOL
Johnny Winter
I agree, me for sure!
I think guitarists in well known groups are fine.
To me it’s players like Guthrie Govan, Nick Johnston, Justin Johnson etc that are not really known outside of their small world
Terry Kath of Chicago was really good, and got overlooked a lot because Chicago was known for their horns.
John Renbourn, Mark Knopfler, John Martyn.
I think most musicians are “properly rated” in their relevant fields. If we mean underrated as “people whose names are not dropped as often as we’d like them to be”, then for me those are Grant Green, Eddie Hazel, Pete Cosey, or Bob Weir.
I’d join Danish Pete and another guy who named Prince. I remember watching him playing that amazing, crazy solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps in the RRHOF that blew my mind. And he certainly doesn’t get mentioned as much as he should as a guitar player.
Alex Lifeson of Rush…
Tom Scholz of Boston…
Jazz’s Al Di Meola.
There’s more, I’m stopping here though!
Tod
See, I thought that was not good. That song doesn’t call for guitar gymnastics. Prince’s solo was more “exuberantly shouting” than gently weeping. The solo should fit the song. Clapton nailed it on the original.
Pat Metheny.
Rick Parfitt when he died many people reckoned he was the best rhythm guitarist in British rock for the last 30 years some thought he was better than Keith Richards
Also Hank Marvin never very high in the top 100 guitarists lists.
Nice, agreed very much under rated. I have always felt guitarists in bands who have Excellent bassist that are also the lead vocalist are often overlooked. Other examples:
Andy Summers from the Police
Larry LaLonde from the Band Primus
Thank you all, guys. The community response to my humble request is, as usual, fantastic. Lots of great names mentioned, too, and I’ll certainly have to check some of them I’m not particularly familiar with.
Thanks again, and have a great Sunday everyone.
I started following Justin Johnson because of finding out about him from a thread like this one in the forum. It might have been one of yours Rob. I hadn’t heard of him before that. I’ll have to check out others in this topic too 
Thanks Tomasz 
Two that immediatley came to mind for me are Steph Strings and Tash Sultana - two young Aussies. I don’t really know how well-known they are but I think they’re great guitarists 
Absolutely, but not strictly speaking a Guitarist more known for being a Bassist Tal Wilkenfeld, she also plays a pretty mean guitar! Also an Aussi!
Tash is brilliant, put her in front of a loop station and sit back and listen to some magic!
Steven Wilson, Andy Latimer and Dominic Miller.
Richard Thompson