The purpose of this site is pretty much to show what all is out there for the traders and collectors. To be a catalog of sorts, giving information about the sources of various recordings as well as describing the quality of the recordings, be it audio or video. With the birth of my son, on June 6th 2008, I've pretty much called it quits when it comes to expanding my own private collection of unofficial live recordings. What this basically means is that you shouldn't bother offering me any recordings that I might be missing, or contacting me with trade offers of any kind.
Also, one thing that should go without saying... Nothing in my collection has ever been available for purchasing, and nothing of it will be made available in the future as well. If you wish to acquire any of these recordings, all I can do is point you towards the various websites in the links section of my site, which should be more than enough to get you started with your own collection.
Last but certainly not least, I'd like to thank everyone who were there to help me get started all those years ago, the Dream Theater trading communities and guys like Weymolith, SewerRat, Norellsweden and Dttraders, the Porcupine Tree people such as Thommi and Kabi225, the friends on the taping circles such as BMR, Gebs, Simon LDT and so on... As well as all the other good guys who helped me one way or another, you know who you are. Also a big shout out to all the bands who are cool with taping and trading, especially the guys from Zook, this hobby just wouldn't be the same without you guys.
- Sami Ollas, aka Borlag on June 21st 2008
As of 19th September 2010, my entire Dream Theater collection of nearly 1800 recordings both audio and video has been passed on to a more enthusiastic fan who'll most likely enjoy it much more than I do. The only things I've saved are the shows I've been to myself as well as some other selected shows. As can be seen from the lack of updates on the website otherwise as well, I'm pretty much out of the game entirely otherwise as well. I still tape sometimes, and share those on the usual places when I can, but other than that, I do absolutely zero trading so even the most daftest people out there should finally take the hint and stop spamming me with trade requests.
Appreciate music for what it is, not for what people say it is - Borlag