I don't think Barry would mind if I pass on the information that he is moving to a cable connection (lucky devil) which limits the amount of both space and bandwidth he can use. Given the restrictions he couldn't maintain the traffic his site generates. He should be back as a live presence in a short while though he will only be working on Canadian midis when he's back up.
Barry was the one that got me into midi as well and is responsible for expanding the horizons of my knowledge in folk music as well as midi - so I'm very glad to give his pages a home - even if they won't be updated.
The pointer from the old site won't be up much longer, so for those of you who haven't been there the new address for Barry's pages is:
here.