Of course, guitarists believing Jimi Hendrix to be one of the greats is nothing new. But, as the clip below would suggest, he believed Gibbons to be the best. “I’ve heard the before,” replies Gibbons when confronted with the idea that Hendrix believed him to be the best around. “We were good friends,” he continues, “very good friends. I still got fond memories of our time together and hope that someday we can ring it out”.

It’s wholly impossible for us to nail down the departed Jimi Hendrix to a definitive answer on who his favourite guitarist of all time was. Chances are, like the rest of us, it would change with every new lick, solo or song. But there’s a good chance that on most occasions, if you asked Hendrix who the best around was, he’d answer “Billy Gibbons”.