Digital BW, The Print

Today I met with an old associate of mine, he owns a local framing 
store, but his specialty is fine art photography and portraiture.  
Originally from eastern Europe, where he received his training in 
traditional, analogue photography/print making, he now makes his 
living in Canada, still shooting film with wet dark room processing.

I had him look at some of my digital b&w prints done on EEM paper 
with my 2200, and he was impressed, except for one thing:  

"No Glossy Paper."

I suppose in his mind, a black and white print does not have much 
merit unless it's produced on glossy or semi-gloss photographic 
paper.  He suggested I make some prints on semi gloss paper as an 
experiment and and I told him I would try and show him the results. 

What are your opinions about using glossy media for fine art prints?

Do any of you use this media and if so for what applications?

What about the "bronzing" issue? How do I overcome this
problem?

Please speak your minds.