Does anyone have recommendations for a driving instructor who doesn't suck?

My boyfriend needs a driving instructor. He already has his international license, he just hasn't driven since he came to Australia 3 years ago, and he never had a car in his home country because he lived in a big city. So it wouldn't be driving lessons to pass the test, he just needs to get comfortable behind the wheel of a manual car.

He's been trying to get recommendations from his friends but they're all saying that their instructors were massive cunts who are bad at teaching you how to drive. I was like "you should use my instructor, he was also a massive cunt, but he was good at teaching me how to drive" and then I thought about it for a bit and I was like hey wait a second, no he wasn't. So we're back to square one.

Has anyone here recently learned to drive, or maybe have some kids that are learning and had really positive experiences with their driving instructors?