Hi everyone. Thank you for your patience, we have now published the article about John Hillyard: https://www.djshadowreconstructed.com/post/remembering-john-hillyard
Thank you to everyone in this thread and others who shared their stories about John. Unfortunately, there were a few people we still hadn't been able to speak with, but it's been a few years now and the time seemed right to just publish it.
Thanks again, and happy new year.
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