I don't know about the articles but according to Guitar World, the solo in Comfortably Numb is the #4 best solo ever.

I also read today in a paper about some poll which ranked Comfortably Numb as the BEST SOLO EVER, unfortunatly, the editors of the paper are f***ing idiots and didn't include who conducted the poll or anything like that, so I can't find any more information in regards to that subject.