Deep Purple’s longest-serving guitarist Steve Morse on the records, artists and gigs of lasting significance to him.

WITH THEIR 10TH ALBUM, ‘FUTIQUE’, BIFFY CLYRO REMIND US EXACTLY WHY THEY ARE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ROCK BANDS OF THE MODERN AGE…

AN ESSENTIAL TECHNIQUE all electric guitarists should strive to master is the art of string bending, which can be used to create personally expressive, vocal-like sounds in unique ways. String bending

Richard Barrett is on a mission to make you a better blues player – with full audio examples and backing tracks

Almost 15 years on from his death, the last of Gary Moore’s guitars are set to go under the hammer. We join Claire Tole-Moir of Bonhams and Neville Marten, former Guitarist editor and friend to Gary, to examine his extraordinary collection of instruments

A new 50th-anniversary box set illuminates the rock titans’ 1975 masterpiece – and some. All that’s missing is an ambient dance mix, says Mark Blake.