His brother, Sean was the donor of his transplant.
In 1998, was diagnosed with a life threatening form of leukemia, but
after chemotherapy, and a BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant), he recovered.
Wrote a song about his guitar, which was stolen from an airport
In addition to working and touring with Barenaked Ladies,
he is also part of Kevin Hearn and Thinbuckle (July 2004)
At the 2018 Juno Awards, he was a part of a memorial to the late Gord Downie who had passed away from glioblastoma last October.
The Barenaked Ladies reunited for their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame performing together for the first time in 9 years with all original members of the band present including former keyboardist Jim Creeggan and former frontman Steven Page.