I see the Prayer solo being more of a solo by numbers solo as oppose to Wanted which is really stylized. I think Jon could hit the important series of notes on Prayer to make it at least recognizable. This is all hypothetical nonsense. It's not like he'll ever play either solo.

Compared to most lead guitarists (and especially Richie), I agree. He doesn't have the tone. However I don't know if it's just because my ears won't believe my eyes, but I think his tone sounds much better than it looks like it should... if that makes sense. He has surprised me a time or two.

He tends to stay on a single string for way too long and often uses one or two fingers to slide up or down the neck, when most other lead players would use three fingers to hammer on/pull off over three strings... weird but I think he sounds okay doing what he's doing... for Jon Bon Jovi. But again, that wouldn't translate well to solos like Wanted,