Blomgren may have some chops in battery chemistry, but that doesn't mean anything in the Batteriser scheme of things - Batteroo don't make batteries, and have no means of changing the chemistry of a battery with a Batteriser attached.... Energiser, Duracell and others know how batteries work, and it doesn't have anything to do with boost converters. He's an old mate, being called in to 'legitimise' Bob's claims for the Batteriser.
Where there's smoke, there's usually a heat source - and it could be a Batteriser!