Brian is alive and still living in South Jersey. He currently has some Denon gear for sale at USAUDIOMART and his screen name is mrchips. That was his screen name on Audiogon as well. If you check my feedback you'll see I bought from him in 2004. He was a very nice and honest person and was very easy to deal with. Looking at his feedback it looks like he hasn’t sold on Audiogon since 2009. As far as BMI is concerned I have no idea.