Guardian of the Light is the sixteenth studio album by American keyboardist and record producer George Duke.

Recording sessions for the album took place in Los Angeles at The Complex, Le Gonks West, and Ocean Way Recording.

Duke used a variety of keyboard instruments, such as Rhodes electric piano, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Korg Polysix, ARP Odyssey, Clavitar Solo, Minimoog, melodeon, melodica, and also Sennheiser and Roland vocoders, and LinnDrum machine.

The album features contributions from various musicians, including vocalists Jeffrey Osborne and Lynn Davis, guitarists Michael Sembello and Charles Fearing, bassists Louis Johnson and Byron Miller, drummers John Robinson and Leon "Ndugu" Chancler, percussionist Paulinho da Costa, trumpeters Gary Grant and Jerry Hey, trombonist Lew McCreary, conductor George Del Barrio with a musical ensemble of string instrument players.

Guardian of the Light spawned three singles: "Reach Out", "Celebrate" and "Born to Love You".