In reply to sutty: I'll add my bit:
Bestards? Yes they did exist and I had a couple of pairs. They had a metal plate at the front for incredible edging power - didn't do a lot on those critical smears though! Got mine from Stu Wilson's shed up in the Eden Valley.
Scarpa - The Rock Stars were great. I've still got a pair of Rock Masters as they are a perfect fit for a particular boulder problem at Widdop. The other advantage is that you feel no pain! The purple ones were the Cragratz and the Red/Blue ones were the Superatz, which were OK - seemed to work OK at Brownsones.
Boreal Ninja - The slipper to have at one point. Atrocious fit but felt cool to wear! Incidentally, I did have a prototype pair of sportiva slippers that just had a sole about 1mm thick, no rand. Gave a new meaning to the word sensitivity. Remember that advert for Boreal Flyers - how funny was that?
Scarpa Tao - What a great shoe! Black and did the business but not necessarily iconic.
The EB - had to buy them tight. Nothing else around at the time apart from things like Canyons and some other boot that wore out in about 5 mins.
Sportiva Mega - never had a pair myself but was all the range everywhere it seemed.
What were those things everyone wanted to wear at the time for grit? Linces or something.
Ah....nostalgia....