Name a few great unknown guitarists.?

I have been wondering about who the great guitarists are out there are that nobody knows about. The genres that I am wondering about are rock, soft rock, blues and fusion. Name any guitarists you know that resemble Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Walter Becker (steely dan), clapton, jeff beck or hendrix (even though noone sounds like hendrix).

Walter Trout comes first to mind.

Although not unknown, the following are personal favorites of mine

Rory Gallagher (r.i.p.)
Roy Wood
Robby Kreiger
Hubert Sumlin
Grant Green
Robin Trower
Carlos Santana
Lee Ritenour
Roy Buchanan (r.i.p.)
Lonnie Mack
Johnnie Winter
Kenny Burrell
Tal Farlow
Joyce Cooling
Emily Remler (r.i.p.)
Duane Allman
Gary Rossington

and last but never least...

Frank Zappa

never forget peter green Report It

Roy Buchanan was incredible.

Like Rory Gallagher he could sometimes be over the top but never boring and always inspiring. Report It

Robin Trower,
Martin Barre
Peter Green

Danny Gatton
Mike Bloomfield
Johnny A
Greg Koch
Gary Lucas
Lenny Breau
Robin Sylar
Kirk Fletcher
Dave Hole
Jimmy Thackery
Will Ray
Eddie Turner

Rory Gallagher is pretty well known, but deserved more recognition.

There's lots of great ones that never got popular, but other guitar players know of them from reading Guitar Player magazines.

Son House, Samuel L. Jackson

Chris Cain
Robben Ford
Brent Mason (plays some jazz, but mostly country)
Mark Bonilla
Larry Carlton
Johnny Hiland (country, but you must check him out!)
Finally, Unknown Hinson (totally whacko, but a great guitarist!)

tab benoit check him out dude