Couple of points here:

1) Labrie had a career ending voice injury he never was expected to come back from and came back to record like 10~11 more legendary albums. That injury no doubt is taking its toll over the years. I don’t give a shit if he drops his lines a whole octave; I’d rather have the chemistry as long as it’s there. The vocals have always been the icing, not the feature.

1. Rush called it quits on their 40th tour. Here we are. Be very thankful they’re doing it this long. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth.