There'll be limitless opinions about that topic as climbing is entirely subjective and I'm not about to talk anyone into soloing. All I can say is that JB was the big JC of the FS, it certainly wasn't what I expected to hear, and it did change my scene completely - actually converted me from aid to free. I almost never lead routes that I might actually fall off [scary, dangerous] and have fallen free climbing less than five times. Monkey around third class probably 50% of the time and downclimb at least 30% of routes. But then I wouldn't call myself as an accomplished all-round climber either; I'd be quicker to use the word embarrassing to describe anything I do that's not a crack. Climbing sure is fun though, I took most of eight years off and had almost forgot.