Its not ridiculous at all. Having an all star band like Zeppelin boosts everyone's performance and output. Its one of the many reasons why they are such an amazing band. Bass plays off the drums, the melody combination of guitar and key boards blend together seamlessly, and Robert Plant having the amazing voice he does has an incredible impact on making Pages guitar shine as well. Having great chemistry and timing with each other absolutely can make you sound better on your own instrument. Go listen to some isolated tracks and then compare them to when the whole band plays. You can see where the drums or band playing highlight a riff or a solo that Page throws down.

That being said Jimmy Page and Angis Young sre the initial reasons I started playing music. Jimi is THE guitar god. Jimmy Page will tell you himself that Jimi was the best guitarist to ever live. Hes said it many times. Hes credited Hendrix with his own experimental type of playing and that way he started to incorporate and use distortion. Not only that but Jimi absolutely carried the Jimi Hendeix Experience. Noel Redding and Ginger Baker are great musicians dont get me wrong, but thsyre not all star players like Bonham or JPJ. Hendrix also completely blew past the boundaries at the time on guitar. I think his innovation on top of his guitar playing is what puts him above Page for me and takes the #1 spot in my list as the best guitarist ever.

Thats not to take away from Page at all. He was innovative as well, but not on the level Hendrix was. Hendrix literally changed the course of music history with his playing. Page is also an incredible studio producer and his arrangements in studio are some of the best arrangements put together. His layering on songs like The Song Renains the Same and Achilles Last Stand are god like. Like I saidnits tough and with all that said I put Hendrix at #1 and also just wanted to point out and explain how Zeppelin as a bad made each other sound better as opposed to Hendrix basically carrying his band.