The discovery of Duke Reid's famous Treasure Isle Recording Studio.

After finding out the location of these studios from Glady, Barry along with other members of his singing posse, would go and hang out outside and around the studio just to see who was going in and out and to catch the vibes. This alone was enough to make them just get a natural high. The first studio Barry and his posse visited was Duke Reid. Barry says "The Duke was a funny man, a tall and thick black man, who always had his gun in a hip holster like a cowboy, for real! His business was part wholesale liquor store, there was always plenty bottles on the sidewalk outside, and part recording studio. He had built the studio on top of the roof of his two storey building. Yeah man, and painted it green! Every Sunday the Duke would have auditions. Glady, Theophilous "Snapping" Beckford or Winston Wright would be the keyboard players and main selectors. All the hopefuls would have to form a line outside the building, waiting to hear the call for 'next' from the Duke. The only way you could go upstairs to audition, was having the Duke listen to you first and then tell you to go upstairs. Once on the roof you would be amazed because the roof was made up of the studio, a hang out area, and pigeon coops, not to mention the bird droppings!"

By this time Barry had gotten used to the Duke and him wearing his gun at his side and was a regular visitor to Treasure Isle Recording studio. After numerous tries to cut a record at Treasure Isle, Barry was getting tired of the "come again next week" from the Duke's selectors, after the Duke himself had sent Barry and The Creations upstairs after listening to their song. Barry and The Creations were never able to get a record cut at Treasure Isle.

After finishing primary school Barry attended a Jamaican Technical School, because his grandmother would not stand for him not to be learning a trade. In spite of all her discipline and putting her feet down to make him continue his education, like learning a trade, or otherwise, she never discouraged him from pursuing his musical goals. However, she made it clear that, as long as he is under her roof, he will make his priorities of going church, learning a trade, or going to university was first and all his musical intentions and ambitions were secondary.

Trench Town Primary School was not far away from Barry's home (yard). One day while playing cricket and football on the school grounds, Barry met Bob Marley. Barry describes Bob as "...a little brown skin youth who although he was older than I was, it never seemed that way, because I was always a tall youth." Barry continues.. "Bob had nice ways, he loved to play soccer and while dribbling the ball, he would always be singing. He never said much but he always had an exercise book rolled up in his back pocket. He told me, that was where he kept his lyrics."

One day they had a pick up match and Barry was on Bob's team, up and down the play field Bob was singing while dribbling the ball. After the game, they chatted, he told Barry that he liked singing and music, and that he lived down the road, past the roundabout, close to the Animal Protection Center, behind a fire Station right in front of The Maypen Cemetery. Bob invited Barry to come hang out and sing along if he wanted to, but Barry never went, because it just never happened that way. Bob had also told Barry about Coxson, who is the owner of the famous Studio One, and a Chinese man (Chinaman) called Leslie Kong, the owner of Beverley's Recording Studio, who Bob had heard about, or visited.

Trench Town was starting to get turbulent and because Barry was hanging out with rude boys, his grandmother was getting kinda worried. She decided to sell the house in Trench Town. After selling the house they relocated to Waltham Park Road. Already living in the neighbourhood at the time was Neville O. Livingston, aka Bunny Wailer. Bunny's father Taddy, his brother Carl, and his sister Shirley were neighbours to Barry. Bunny and Barry became friends.