I'd edit out the light in the background altogether. Keep it simple. They're distracting from an otherwise excellent shot and remind me of headlights...which doesn't really make sense in the scene.
Agreed. The shot is good but looks static with everything so perfectly balanced. When I cropped out the right side, so the subject is looking into the frame and throwing in some two-thirds (almost), I think it looked much better. Would probably be better still shot vertically.
I would agree with the vertical idea. I wanna see more ink. I would have like to see the two lights behind him closer together. I think that would make it look more like headlights.