Probably the greatest Rock guitarist after Page, Hendrix and Iommi.
Eddie has his own sound. EVH marketed his own guitar and to this day is the only guitarist to have built a guitar from scratch (not Brian May) and created Frankenstein. There was a point in history where like Clapton before, people only imagined what would come out of his brain next. EVH did Beat It for nothing, in today's world that is unheard of.
I would like to hear DLR's voice back then, 1977-78. He was LSD personified, Lead Singer Disease.