very well said, Ma'am! there are things which were almost impossible to make up and yet, they've become reality. Jon had two ways out: call it quits or carry on and both of them were sort of dead ends... often magic happens with two elements falling into place and as it happened with many bands/duos, BJ has learnt it hard way. you just can't dislike Phil, he's so likeable, funny and talented it hurts BUT he's not damn Richie and no matter how much we can undermine Richie's role in the band, he's missed on so many levels that BJ can't ever be the same... I've tried to listen to live shows and Phil's solos and they don't have that X factor to me at all! it all sounds shallow and empty and somehow distant to me... we tend to get used to certain people and places and the way they make us feel so if you cared even once, you won't be able to forget it...