I have visited Two Black Sheep on many occasions. Bill was from the same place in the Wellington (NZ) area that I live in now.
Friendly guy, always handing out new and adventurous shooters, while you might be drinking beer. A little bit of a challenge to the pallate, but, what the hell!
I will be over there in March/April next year and will definitely call in, as I stay at C & N Hotel usually which is diagonally opposite (and maybe a little bit).
If the new guy is carrying-on largely as usual, that's great, as it has always been a great place (to me anyway) to spend an hour or two in the afternoons after the beach, and served very good meals.
Cheers
Pdm3