When it was released, "Guitar Solos" was considered a landmark album because of its innovative and experimental approach to guitar playing. The January 1983 edition of "DownBeat" magazine remarked that "Guitar Solos" "... must have stunned listeners of the day. Even today that album stands up as uniquely innovative and undeniably daring." It also attracted the attention of some "famous" musicians, including Brian Eno, resulting in Frith playing guitar on two of Eno's albums, "Before and After Science" (1977) and "Music for Films" (1978).