Slash vs Buckethead

Although I'm not the biggest fan of GnR out there, but like many others this question haunts me too, " Who is a better guitarist? slash or buckethead?". Well!I'm not such a guitar literate person to compare between these two guitar legends, but obviously I can comment as a listener of both of them.
Slash or Saul Hudson was the lead guitarist of GnR since its birth, he was with them for the period 1985-96, and that period gave us some of the greatest GnR songs and guitar solos [although they are only a few like sweet child o'mine, November rain, Paradise city,welcome to the jungle and nightrain. The thing I like most in slash's guitaring style is his sense of melodies and harmonies. Obviously he was a little bit on the slower side on the strings but still he managed to create some beauties. He was forced to leave GnR because of the conflict with Axl Rose, the vocalist and owner of GnR, Rose tried to adopt a more progressive style while slash wanted to stick to the old blues. But some say [esp the hardcore slash fans] that Rose started behaving like a dictator with the other members of the band. Keeping the track record of Axl Rose in mind, this explanation seems to be more appropriate to me.

Buckethead on Brian Pattrick Carroll joined GnR in 2000 and left the band in 2004. This weird character wears a KFC bucket on his head with the word "Funeral" typed in front of it, and a white costume mask on his face, however lately he is wearing a white bucket on his head. According to him, the fights for chicken rights, ie against the over usage of chicken as food. This weird character performed mainly as a solo artist before he joined GnR, and was already a renowned character when he joined. Buckethead is a multi instrumentalist but is mainly famous as a electric guitar player. His style consists of fast tempoed bits with lots of shreds. Some accuses that his skills are limited only to shredding, but according to me its not true [listen to nottingham lace or night of the slunk]. He got expelled from GnR because of his erratic lifestyle.

These two are of completely different characters and are very hard to compare. But I think Slash's music thrills me more, but its an undeniable fact that buckethead is a more skilled guitarist. Also some of his solos are in my hot favorite list. Taste for music depends on one's mood. Under normal circumstances, I like slash's guitar a bit more than buckethead's.