That's the exact list I rated above, btw.
I find his bent really appealing because I simply haven't seen many other lists that have the stuff that I have at the top higher than the usual suspects (I mean, Faust, Beefheart, Velvet Underground right at the very top... awesome. Zeppelin/Stones/The Who completely excluded.... I totally get that inclination). I can see a ton of flaws/unreasonable biases in Scaruffi's attitude as well, though (especially if you read his actual thoughts on them), so if you're familiar with more critics/music people with similar preferences but more consistent/logical, I'd be very interested.
He seems to be alot more anti-accessibility than I am.... I think that explains his Can exclusion and it somewhat makes sense to me. There's certainly a part of me that feels that Neu! and Faust are way more authentic, appealingly primitive, and uncompromising than Can as well, although Can is more consistently great/polished and I love them as well. It's strange to call Can catchy and accessible, but relative to the guys we're talking about, I see that argument. It seems to be a variation on his distaste for Beatles/Bowie..... but granularly applied even to the more eccentric bands (which is kind of ridiculous). I think I probably do respect Neu!/Faust more than Can overall, but there's a brain vs. gut conflict going on with that one for me (kind of like the latter has the better stats, but the former just FEELS right in a way that the latter doesn't quite match).
It's taken to an extreme that I don't totally agree with, but it doesn't seem unfathomable to me. You can tell that if a great band takes existing eccentric/experimental influences and makes it more accessible/puts a more commercially aware spin on it, he absolutely detests that (Beatles, Bowie, Radiohead all fall under this).
I can forgive the occasional mediocre album being shoehorned in there if the gems come regularly and are actually interesting to my ears, and the guys that I love most are elevated to the top while the guys I find overrated are nowhere to be found.
He also seems to have a similar gravitation/OCD-ish obsession with hypnotically repetitive pounding drums that I do. Just something about this guy's schtick... I'd like to see more like it.