I wasn’t a fan of his, but understood he was very good at what he did. He seems to have studied the medium and refined it into a successful model, drawing inspiration and content ideas from the US radio of the 1980’s and 1990’s.
A bit sickly for my tastes, but plenty of people loved him & his shows.
He obviously served as the inspiration (either consciously or subconsciously) for Chris Evans’ style.
His death has caused a lot of ex colleagues to say very nice things about him, which I think is a good measure of a man (or woman).
RIP.