Best guitar solos named

British rock star Roger Waters of Pink Floyd. Picture / Reuters

Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb has the best guitar solo of all time, according to a new poll. It was chosen ahead of the opening riff from Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns N' Roses.

Third was Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd, while Eruption by Van Halen was fourth and Guns N' Roses' November Rain fifth.

British radio station Planet Rock asked listeners for their top 40.