To get back to Jeff and Eric, Clapton deffo the more successful commercially due to his song writing and singing, Jeff more lost in his instrument then Eric, not a criticism just an observation, he made sounds Eric could not get near but then again Eric probably wasn’t trying that hard. Both unbelievable players, you know some of the greatest players are the session musicians we very rarely hear about but who are on dozens and dozens of some of the best hits ever. The Wrecking Crew are one of the most talked about group of musicians ever in popular music, different instruments but a stack of them were guitar players. Well worth checking out how many songs they played on, mainly 60’s and 70’s but very good. Steely Dan were well served by session musicians who toured with them aswell, golden era.