Condolences to the family of Mang Rey. He shall indeed be missed.
I had my guitars setup by him, even though I resided in Novaliches, a lot of the metal maniacs vouched for his quality and worksmanship. One day I decided to visit him for the very first time unannounced since I had no contact with him, just a tip on how to get there. It was around 3:00pm, siesta time. I did not expect him to be very accommodating at first since I went there unannounced. I knocked on the gate, no answer or signs of anyone being in. I waited for a solid 5 mins. and then I heard a voice telling me to come in. He was busy setting up guitars and repairing some stuff that was there, I remember a red floyded Warlock, a Les Paul, a Yamaha super strat, an Ibanez Rg and a Gio and 1 strat that he owned and 2 acoustics that looked broken down and past their playing days. This immediately triggered that I indeed went to the right place cause he kept those acoustics as a reminder of his work during the times when he started out. He also taught me how to do some setups, some minor repairs and then some tips. He even showed me the secrets of his big amplifier which we all used to test while we were there.
He was indeed a great man that we all knew and we respected a lot, more so entrusting our instruments to his care which he saw to be his own and took care of it like a father should. Thank you Mang Rey for everything.