Donard,
I would say: "Less is More".
But seriously, don't get bothered. I have more boutique stuff than you and probably have pedals that alone are the price of your whole setup and pedals that will beat the crap out of multi FX units but I DON'T GET TO USE them. Just too many stuff around. And worse, these things need severe matching to really get the best out of them.
So unless he is using an AXE FX pedal board, tell him he uses crap and if he asks who says his stuff his crap, refer him to me.