Praising them and promoting them is one thing, but where it crossed a line for me was on the cruise. I'm not going to say I blame Portnoy, because obviously he just as a father wants the band to do well, but Next to None has two time slots on the cruise with practically no competition with anyone else playing. Meanwhile there were some much more deserving acts that had only one time slot that often conflicted with some big acts.
As for the band on the whole, there is no question, they kids are good for their age. However I don't know if they've necessarily done anything to this point to deserve the bump they've got by Portnoy's connection. I hope they do blow us away eventually and live up to his hype, but I certainly don't think they are there yet.