Had a look at both sparnias warrior and paly to compare gear and his holy paly is actually better geared than his prot warrior. Just thought that worth a mention when his main change gets discussed.
My opinion is it can only be a good thing getting an additional healer and ive done some hcs with him healing and he aint all bad either.
I played Classic until I was nearly level 60. It needs The Burning Crusade really for me though. I am lurking around Daggerspine again for a while, trying to get used to the changes lol