diff --git a/neo/rawio/blackrockrawio.py b/neo/rawio/blackrockrawio.py
index 83d1a2771..2447b5fa0 100644
--- a/neo/rawio/blackrockrawio.py
+++ b/neo/rawio/blackrockrawio.py
@@ -1772,30 +1772,42 @@ def _get_event_segment_ids(self, raw_event_data, masks, spec):
             # consistency check for monotone increasing time stamps
             # - Use logical comparator (instead of np.diff) to avoid unsigned dtype issues.
             # - Only consider handled/known event types.
-            mask_handled = np.any([mask for mask in masks.values()], axis=0)
-            jump_ids_handled = (
-                np.where(
-                    raw_event_data["timestamp"][mask_handled][1:] < raw_event_data["timestamp"][mask_handled][:-1]
-                )[0]
-                + 1
-            )
-            jump_ids = np.where(mask_handled)[0][jump_ids_handled]  # jump ids in full set of events (incl. unhandled)
-            overlap = np.isin(jump_ids, reset_ev_ids)
-            if not all(overlap):
+            # - Compare only packets of the same type: the file does not order packets of different
+            #   types (e.g. a comment is stamped when the user starts typing but written when they
+            #   finish, so it can be later than the spikes written after it).
+            # jumps maps the position of a packet earlier than the previous packet of its type to the
+            # position of that previous packet, in the full set of events (incl. unhandled).
+            jumps = {}
+            for mask in masks.values():
+                ids = np.flatnonzero(mask)
+                ts = raw_event_data["timestamp"][ids]
+                earlier = np.flatnonzero(ts[1:] < ts[:-1])
+                jumps.update(zip(ids[earlier + 1].tolist(), ids[earlier].tolist()))
+
+            # A reset sends the clock of every packet type back, so each type jumps at its first packet
+            # after it. Count a jump only if the packet it is compared with is in the current segment,
+            # so that one reset is one boundary.
+            reset_set = set(reset_ev_ids.tolist())
+            boundaries = []
+            segment_start = 0
+            for position in sorted(reset_set | jumps.keys()):
+                if position in reset_set or jumps[position] >= segment_start:
+                    boundaries.append(position)
+                    segment_start = position
+            additional_ids = np.array([b for b in boundaries if b not in reset_set])
+            if len(additional_ids):
                 # additional resets occurred without a reset event being stored
-                additional_ids = jump_ids[np.invert(overlap)]
                 warnings.warn(
                     f"Detected {len(additional_ids)} undocumented segments within "
                     f"nev data after timestamps {additional_ids}."
                     ""
                 )
-                reset_ev_ids = sorted(np.unique(np.concatenate((reset_ev_ids, jump_ids))))
 
             event_segment_ids = np.zeros(len(raw_event_data), dtype=int)
-            for reset_event_id in reset_ev_ids:
-                event_segment_ids[reset_event_id:] += 1
+            event_segment_ids[boundaries] = 1
+            event_segment_ids = np.cumsum(event_segment_ids)
 
-            self._nb_segment_nev = len(reset_ev_ids) + 1
+            self._nb_segment_nev = len(boundaries) + 1
             return event_segment_ids
 
         else:
diff --git a/neo/test/rawiotest/test_blackrockrawio.py b/neo/test/rawiotest/test_blackrockrawio.py
index 03c3481ae..26cf6dfed 100644
--- a/neo/test/rawiotest/test_blackrockrawio.py
+++ b/neo/test/rawiotest/test_blackrockrawio.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 """
 
 import unittest
+import warnings
 
 from neo.rawio.blackrockrawio import BlackrockRawIO
 from neo.test.rawiotest.common_rawio_test import BaseTestRawIO
@@ -374,6 +375,30 @@ def test_gap_tolerance_ms_parameter(self):
         segments_strict = reader_strict.segment_count(0)
         self.assertEqual(segments_strict, 3)  #
 
+    def test_nev_segments_ignore_order_between_packet_types(self):
+        """
+        Comments are stamped when the user starts writing but written to the file when they finish, so they
+        come after spikes with later timestamps. Only a packet earlier than the previous packet of its own
+        type is a clock reset, and one reset is one segment boundary.
+        """
+        spike, comment = 1, 0xFFFF
+        # The comments are 2 ticks ahead of the spike before them, later than the spike after them.
+        no_reset = [(1000, spike), (1002, comment), (1001, spike), (1010, spike), (1012, comment), (1011, spike)]
+        # A reset sends the clock of every packet type back.
+        reset = [(5, spike), (7, comment), (6, spike)]
+        reader = BlackrockRawIO(filename=self.get_local_path("blackrock/blackrock_3_0/file_spec_3_0"))  # not parsed
+        for packets, expected in ((no_reset, [0] * 6), (no_reset + reset, [0] * 6 + [1] * 3)):
+            raw = np.array(
+                [(*p, b"") for p in packets], dtype=[("timestamp", "uint64"), ("packet_id", "uint16"), ("value", "S2")]
+            )
+            masks = {"Spikes": raw["packet_id"] == spike, "Comments": raw["packet_id"] == comment}
+            with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as caught:
+                warnings.simplefilter("always")
+                segment_ids = reader._get_event_segment_ids(raw, masks, "3.0")
+            assert_equal(segment_ids, expected)
+            self.assertEqual(reader._nb_segment_nev, max(expected) + 1)
+            self.assertEqual(len(caught), max(expected))  # one warning for the reset without a reset comment
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()