Finding just the right gift is not always easy. Boys are actually pretty easy to please, but their parents are a different matter. Do not buy a gift without checking wether the parents are happy to have it in their house.
If you are looking for suggestions for gifts to buy for a boy start with a bit of toyshop or website research. There is a particularly good site for finding Gifts for Boys that doesn't sell anything at all, but simply offers suggestions for unusual gifts for boys between about 5 years old and early teens..
I often find that a good browse around the Gifts for Boys website is one of the best ways of finding the right gift.
I am lucky that my man likes technology, computers and electronics. I just look for new gadgets and check that he hasn't got the latest of the big boy's toys by subtly dropping questions into general conversation.