Yes! I feel like she'll honestly have a significantly easier time talking to him after everything, that meant a lot to her, even if she didn't come up to visit about it. Angel and getting to know him better could be a good start to her starting to come into town, though!

Also: absolutely!! I'll poke Liz, but I feel like they're probably familiar with each other's names at least! He'll be very excited to meet the other people John's close with. :D