Hendrix was not only a great-amazing-fabulous guitarist, he was also an oustanding song-writer, he revolutionized studio recording methods, and excatly as DS1984 said, he wrote the History.
in modern music history, you have Elvis, Berry, Beatles, Stones, Dylan, Hendrix.
his influences are at the same level.
I am a DS/MK fan, but talking about Hendrix, it's just another planet (and I am a fan too)
I like a famous journalist quote :" Jimi played the blues from the delata, but this delta was on mars"