Honing with Torque Plates - How Important?

I was looking into a machine shop around here for a rebuild, A guy I work with recommended them as he lives next door to them and they have been around since 1958. I asked if they use a honing/torque plate when they do the cylinder boring, he told me that I didn't know what I was talking about and he knows more than me because he's been doing it forever, he told me I don't know anything because i'm a gearhead and to quit reading the hot rod magazines and to never come back! Time to keep searching for a good machine shop in the sacramento area.....