Agreed. I recently swapped the stem from a 90mm 7* to a 90mm 35*. the difference was about 34mm higher and 25mm rearward. this still kept the bars over the axle but moved them back just a bit. for me (a guy with short arms) it worked perfectly.

what helped me was comparing the old and new stem bar placement on an online calculator. it gives the exact change with the proposed stem.