Ghazal and Sufi Music

I was reading some post on net and got the shock of my life. Where while describing the God of Ghazals Janaab Mehdi Hasan Saheb the person wrote that "Mehdi Hasan is as great an artist as Nusrat and Madam Noor Jahan" .. How the heck can someone compare the legends of legends mehdi saheb with these two artists. I agree the other two are also great in their own regards but no where and I repeat absolutely no where near to Fankaar-e-Aazam Mehdi Saheb. When I thought about it a bit more and talked to few of my friends in London I could realize that Nusrat is much more a popular artist outside Pakistan than Mehdi Saheb. I think the reason is pretty simple to decipher. Sufi music even if you do not understand the lyrics( high dose of high class urdu and Panjabi) can be appreciated by people just based on its music. Moreover it is more tappy and catchy than Ghazals. To appreciate Ghazals you need to be a music lover from the core of your heart. Especially you need to be like a data miner who finds hidden data trends. Similarly to appreciate high quality Ghazals that of people like Mehdi Saheb or Beghum Akhtar a strong liking of poetry and lyrics is of utmost importance. To understand and appreciate Ghazals you need patience as it not a rock music to give you high. At the same time need the knowledge of urdu to some extent. Remember poetry is lost in translation hence even if you try to decipher the Ghazal in Hindi or English it looses meaning. Like saying Jo Koo-e-yaar se nikale toh Soo-e-daar chale ... you need to appreciate inherently without translating that "Come out of house of my beloved and then go to the gallows" this simply does not make any impact. Any how this is not my diatribe against Nusrat saheb but I really do not appreciate people comparing Mehdi saheb to any one else. He is just one of his kind no one in past no in future can surpass him.