Bouncing back from 1-0 league defeat away at leaders Chester last week, Barnet emerged 5-0 winners at Underhill.
Goals from Tony Taggart, Ben Strevens, Ian Hendon and a brace from Peter Beadle saw the home side through to a comfortable victory against struggling Forest Green Rovers.
With other results going in the favour, the Bees climbed to second place in the table.
Barnet's opening goal came in the third minute. A neat one-two between Strevens and Taggart split the Rovers defence and allowed Taggart time to pick his spot and slide the ball home.
Given the wet conditions and waterlogged pitch it was perhaps fitting that the former lifeguard who only recently turned pro should break the deadlock.
Looking to capitalise on the poor conditions, Barnet sought to shoot from any distance in an attempt to force goalkeeping errors from keeper Steve Perrin.
But it wasn't until the 40th minute that Barnet was able to double their lead. A tidy downward header from Chris Plummer put Beadle through and he calmly sidefooted home with his left foot.
Posing a constant physical threat all afternoon, Beadle deserved his second goal 19 minutes after the restart. Meeting Mark Williams' cross, the powerful striker headed home emphatically, putting paid to any Forest Green thoughts of a comeback.
The visitors' best chance of the game came midway through the second half with sub Luke Jones swivelling neatly in the box, but firing high and wide from six yards out.
Just when the home fans thought it couldn't get any better following Strevens' stunning 30-yard drive, Ismail Yakubu was upended in the 90th minute.
The resultant penalty was calmly dispatched by Hendon and Barnet's fifth goal was secured.
Bees boss Martin Allen was justifiably proud of his team's performance: "I just think the team played very, very well.
"It was no discredit to Forest Green, it was just a very good team performance."