"It's a 1959 Les Paul. I've had this for about 12 years, and it used to belong to Peter Green." Watch Gary Moore talk guitars and shred with his Greeny Les Paul in 1987

If you thought kids' TV was nothing but Barney & Friends, Sesame Street, and Peppa Pig, here's a surprise for you. Back in 1987, Northern Irish guitar legend Gary Moore made an appearance on a family-friendly show where he played a few "old favorites" from his guitar collection to promote his album Wild Frontier.

The show was Number 73, a Saturday morning program broadcast in the U.K. during the 1980s. Although clearly a children's show, it featured many special guests that would, at times, be more appropriate for the parent. Was this an attempt to convert younger fans or simply keep mom and dad entertained? Who knows, but it's responsible for this gem of a clip, so let's not question it too much.

Uploaded to YouTube is an abridged version of Moore's episode, compiling only the sections he's featured in. After an intro of sorts about a broken doorbell — more on that later — Moore slings "Greeny" over his shoulder before explaining, "This one here is my oldest guitar. It's a 1959 Les Paul. I've had this for about 12 years, and it used to belong to Peter Green."

Moore then asks if the presenter knows "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac, to which he replies, for the sake of television, that he doesn't.

Ironically, the host, Neil Buchanan, had actually experienced some minor success as a guitarist in the U.K., so he would have been more than a little bit familiar with the hit instrumental in question. But you have to appreciate him dumbing it down so we all get to hear Moore play one of Green's guitar hooks on the legendary Les Paul it was recorded with.

The Belfast-born guitarist also revealed that he "used it on 'Parisian Walkways' as well," before treating us to the song's instantly recognizable opening phrase.

Moore, who had been friends with Peter Green since his band Skid Row supported Green's Fleetwood Mac in the early 1970s, bought the Les Paul from Green for the equivalent of less than $200, under the condition that Green could have it back whenever he wanted. The electric guitar is now in the hands of Kirk Hammett, who has owned it for the past 10 years.

Moving on, Moore's attention shifts to a few more axes from the collection, including a 1955 Les Paul Junior that once belonged to the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones and "an old ES-5 Gibson" that he got from Emerson, Lake & Palmer's Greg Lake. Notably, the guitar is featured on the cover of the album he was there to promote.

Next up, we see Moore's Fiesta Red 1961 Fender Stratocaster, or as he describes it, the "salmon pink Strat like the Shadows used to play."

Surprisingly, Greg Lake also had a connection to this guitar, as Moore purchased it during the recording sessions for Lake's self-titled debut solo release in '81, to which Moore contributed lead guitar.

The story goes that the guitar was actually brought to the studio by the seller for Greg Lake to purchase. However, Moore's guitar tech told Guitarist in 2016 that, after hearing how the pre-CBS Strat sounded acoustically, "Gary had his fingers crossed, thinking, 'Please don't buy it. Please don't buy it.'" He got his wish.

At one point, Moore is questioned on how he's able to create a signature sound with the instrument. "Well, different players can make guitars sound completely different just by the way they touch the strings and the fingering techniques," he explains. "It's down to the individual player."

Referring to his appreciation for instruments of a particular vintage, Moore explains, "Older guitars tend to sort of mellow with age, you know. As they get older, they get a warmer tone, so I like them."

The lighthearted segment ends with Moore plugging in his single EMG-loaded Charvel San Dimas and using the floating trem to replicate a police siren, a Honda 500 Motorcycle, and a dive bomb effect before deciding that a recording of harmonics is the best replacement for that broken doorbell.

See, I told you I'd get back to it.

The curtailed clip ends with a high-energy performance of "Take a Little Time" from the previously mentioned new album — with Gary and company doing well to ignore the bloke with some sort of plumbing around his neck and a broomstick for a guitar. Be warned, however: You will be annoyed when the clip fades out just as the solo section kicks in.