As one said, they are 1a and 1b. Everyone else is well behind in my opinion Both were highly creative and reached deep in their success. Songs like Little Wing are simply mind boggling in its intricacies or his solo in All Along the Watch Tower. Hendrix didn't seem to ever want to remain on the same vibe even in single song, his brain constantly turning over something different. While Page didn't want to remain static on an album or across his career in terms of sounds and breaking out of the mold that others cast. I also believe Page was more structured, more concerned with being a conductor and laying down perfection while Hendrix was in constant free form. There are arguments to be made on either side, such as the fact I believe Hendrix was already plateuing when he left the Band of Gypsies. He has fillers in his albums, Page didn't. Page was smart enough to surround himself with a complete band, it wasn't The Jimmy Page Show. This added to his strength. I don't take away from Hendrix at all, he was the victim in some ways of the marketing ambitions of the label rather than being the catalyst of something larger as a whole, Mitch Mitchell was a great drummer, but other than on Fire (where he tears the skins), I didn't see the rest of the band being particularly vital. In the end it's always about personal preference or ones mood. it's far to difficult to compare any number of guitarists especially ones as creative as these two.