You're a hell of a good guitar player, man. Nice. Don't sell yourself short.
I think Chris Poland is as "out there", in originality, as Marty is, but I hear what you're saying. It's tough to nail their stuff because beyond the phrasing and bends and everything is an X factor that is otherworldly.
As far as Ozzy axemen, I am a Jake man. Not that I am not a Randy fan, too. Heck, in high school I had a Rhoads t-shirt. But Lee just hits me in a certain way. I am also a massive Brad Gillis fan and to this day still buy Night Ranger CDs. Zakk was best in his early days with Osbourne. His playing, to me, has gotten less unique and tasty.
You name check some badass players. Neal Schon is in my top-10. I own all his solo CDs, as well, and absolutely love the guy. He could lay off the plastic surgery, though (ha, ha).
My all-time favourite six-stringer is Jeff Waters (Annihilator). There is no "best", only favourite. There are so many ultra-awesome guys out there, in all genres of music.
I really haven't heard much of Chris other than filling Marty's shoes in Megadeth. I've seen some "you can't play this" stuff of his on YT, but that is never an accurate representation of a guitarist's skills.
I too am a Jakey fan, and a Rhoades fan, along with Akira Takasaki from Loudness. I'm not a huge Jimmy Page fan, but I always figured since he is a legend, I best learn how to play his shit.
I also liked Dio with Adrian, and Warren Di Martini from Ratt. At the same time, I also dig Frank Gambale, mostly because I just don't get him or where he's coming from.
Here's some EVH (cloning of course)
Some Randy...
Also love Gilmour...
All done on cheap, cheap guitars, just to prove a point.
BTW, I did dig Brad Gillis back in the day, along with Steve Lukather. His outro solo on "Rosanna" always blew me away. I hated it when the radio stations cut it short. Jeff Watson was no slouch either, but I didn't care for his tone or 8 fingered tapping (even though I copied it)
See? I am a total hypocrite!