He hadn't a clue what to get.
But by some fluke he managed to talk to the great guitar-hero-rock-god-Montreal celebrity Aldo Nova, who was also invited.
Rather than be flummoxed or perplexed, the heavy-metal axe-wielding musical legend knew absolutely what to do.
He brought the guy to buy a toaster. A plain, old boring metal toaster.
They then zoomed up to a weird little place in St. Leonard and gave it to an old grizzled artisan.
Nova told him straight: "I want you to gold plait this here toaster."
A few days later the guy went to pick it up and the plain old toaster had become a golden toaster.
The couple, already enjoying wedded bliss, were enthralled and delighted with the gift, which goes to show that Aldo Nova knows stuff. He really does.