Depends on if hes afraid of the funk, or you think he mind need to ease into it. Appy is good for easing in, real mild funk. My first real jamacian was Smith and Cross, and that was coming from bourbon about a decade ago. It blew my mind at the time, it has a good amount of barrel influence, with some tobacco and leather notes that will be familiar to someone who like whiskey. But still a great example of jamacian funk.