Okay, some alternatives:

60s/70s: Buddy Guy, Hendrix, Clapton (Cream era), Page, Pete Townshend, David Gilmour, Duane Allman, Santana, EVH, Mark Knopfler (Dire St era)

80s: SRV, Mark Knopfler, Neil Schon, Steve Morse...?

90s: Kenny Wayne Shepard, Johnny Lang, Vernon Reid, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani...?

00s: Jack White, Jeff Beck's rebirth (he's really come into his own...much better than his 60s and 70s stuff in style and execution), Mark Knopfler

This is obviously a list. I couldn't pick just one from any decade(s). That's like asking which of my children is my favorite. And I'm sure I've forgotten a few...