I completely agree with Chris on this one, there is a point where a thing is good and above that point the returns diminish. The Gillette Tech for example, for me it's an excellent razor that I always get a great shave with. I've recently bought a Feather AS-D2, I love it, but is it demonstrably a better razor than the Tech? No. The shaves are very similar and as the Tech dates from around 1940 you can't even argue longevity as a point in favour of the Feather.
So what is the point of the Feather and why did I buy it? It's pretty. Very pretty. It's beautifully made, the packaging is not over the top but it's presented very nicely. You can feel the quality of manufacture that's gone into it and it's a really really nice thing to own, but that's where the money's going. The same can be said of any high-end razor / brush / soap, they're going to be very good and they're nice to own but most of what you're paying for is the owning of a nice thing. That's fine as long as you're aware of it, but if I'd bought the Feather expecting it to be a night and day difference in actual shave quality from a Tech that I paid one tenth of the price for I'd be very disappointed.
I do not regret any of my expensive shaving items but they were all bought with my eyes open.
In terms of how I feel about Chris' reviews going forward, I'm still interested. If he reviews a piece of stainless exotica and tells me that it's smooth and efficient and gave him a great shave I still appreciate his view because he's probably right and he's honest enough to say when something isn't good, but I'm not going to buy it thinking it's going to be leaps and bounds better than what I have already because it won't be.