A barbershop at 95a Aberdeen Road in Castor Bay, on Auckland's North Shore, currently rated 2.8 on Google.
Barbering is a trade where loyalty pays: a barber who knows your head — where the crown swirls, how quickly the sides grow out — will give you a better cut than a stranger meeting you for the first time. The first visit is the test: a good barber asks how you wear your hair day to day before the clippers come out, and treats the neckline and edges as carefully as the main cut. And if a cut's not right, say so before leaving the chair; most barbers would rather fix it on the spot.
Handy as it is to have a barber on Aberdeen Road in Castor Bay, the 2.8 rating suggests a quick read of the latest reviews before settling in as a regular.