It takes a lot for Jimmy Page to be stumped. After all, he’s the man who had the world on strings for years with his guitar playing. Even before Led Zeppelin burst onto the scene in 1969, Page had been pushing the six-string to new heights with The Yardbirds. After Led Zep’s tragic end, he committed to a host of projects that maintained the indisputable status he formed with them.

Page refined his technical and imaginative approach during his verdant period as one of London’s most sought-after session players in the 1960s. This not only opened him to the endless possibilities offered by songwriting and production but also saw him conceive his idea of making rock music much darker and atmospheric than it was at the time.

Being a session musician working with the best of the era gave him first-hand experience with the complexities of bringing popular music to life and a holistic view of its contemporary state in terms of positives and pitfalls. This meant that when Page joined The Yardbirds in 1966, he knew exactly what he wanted to achieve and exactly how he would do it. This period of two years, which saw him form a brief but consequential dual assault with close friend Jeff Beck, grabbed rock by the scruff of the neck and turned it to its future.