If you can get over the red backlighting hate, then these are pretty solid:
http://pcpartpicker.com/product/N4dFf7/corsair-keyboard-ch9000226na
http://pcpartpicker.com/product/w2mxFT/gskill-keyboard-gkksr1c2km780rs10na
http://pcpartpicker.com/product/JD38TW/cougar-keyboard-attack23b
If you can afford a little mor ethis one has blue backlighting:
http://pcpartpicker.com/product/Ljdqqs/cooler-master-keyboard-sgk4020gkcl1us
It's possible.
There are some pretty solid options in that price range for Cherry MX keyboards, since he's not looking for a TKL version.
Now, in the colors he wants? Not so much..