I did a thread a few years ago titled ( what were your Golden Years of NS) everybody as there own personal opinion depending on what they were doing at that particular time or years, their health youth enthusiasm etc etc, my own favourite Years were 1986 till 1996 , Most people on the scene had matured , loved the stronger tunes that were coming through at the time, a lot of the lightweights on the scene had fallen away, Those left still had the energy and enough vitality to make it a very special time , The Nighters still had that edge that made it unique, I’m not decrying the early 1980, s because it’s from that. For me that NS it it’s peak and sorted the wheat from the chaff, It’s today that disappoints me , it’s become watered down , fragmented , pretentious and completely lost its edge, in fact a butter knife has more edge than NS night or nighter these days, In answer to the question it depends entirely on where you were and what you were doing in the 1980,s
God Bless
ML