those comments are just his sense of humour... he has a big mouth and tries to be funny - given that the majority of people you see at drills gigs are stuck up guitarists who worship steve vai (note: got nothing against vai, just stuck up guitarists) that sort of thing is gonna go down well...

I also think he's a better singer than he is a guitarist... he's great at playing stuff other people have written but his own solos tend to be a bit 'hey look what I can do while adding literally nothing worthwhile to this song' - he's written some cool riffs though.