Keith is kind of my go-to piercing guy. I found him when I was considering something more complicated and just got confused sounding responses from some other studios. I haven't pierced much (particularly nothing complicated) for some time but I was in there recently for just a lobe.
I don't believe Keith does any piercings anymore - he's kind of more into scarification and laser removal next door from the sounds of it. Maybe he'd get involved in some of the more complicated things (like what brought me in to begin with). Either way he owns both the tattoo and piercing stores that are side by side. Something I find very interesting because originally a selling feature was the dedicated nature of Tribal Expression. I guess his staff does one or the other though so it's still specialized.
Tribal expression is very professional and uses some of the best sterilization around Calgary. Some of the other places use from fairly shady practices like piercing with larger gauge needles to make jewelry insertion easier when it totally makes it more painful and harder to heal. I do find with a TE lobe piercing it barely feels like I have have a brand new piercing - I'm going to have to remember I have one to do after care.
The one thing about TE is the expense. The jewelry is more expensive (but higher quality and custom) and the piercing itself is a bit more. I certainly wouldn't recommend going here for something cheap - piercings here are an investment. I've cheaped out before and then regreted having a mainly tattoo guy do an "ok" job that was harder to heal. Now I've found my way back.
SAIT students do get 10% off btw which does help a bit if you're a student (it's also very easy to get to from SAIT)