Zilch bassist Paul Raven said "I saw him a few days before he passed away, and I had no indication from him that anything was wrong other than that he was exhausted", but commented that Hide was "under a lot of stress", due to the recording schedule for the Ja, Zoo album.
Basista zo skupiny Zilch Paul Raven povedal: "Videl som ho pár dní pred smrťou a nespozoroval som žiaden náznak, že by sa dialo niečo zlé; skôr bol vyčerpaný," ale okomentoval, že hide bol pod veľkým stresom, vzhľadom k harmonogramu nahrávania albumu Ja, Zoo.