I play in a group based in France under the name of TAÏ PHONG and we are a rock prog band !
I had a guitar shop during 15 years and I have tried almost all the brands you could find !
D'Addario NYXL are my favourite brand because they have a bright , accurate and ringing tone ! They also last three times longer than other brands ! The strings are very stable and since I have locking machine heads they stay very quickly in tune !
When I play Shadows tunes I use NYXL1152 but with Taï Phong I use O8 , 09 , O,10 , 0,26 , 36 , 46 which is completely different but they are just as fine !