About me, there are more differences than similarities. The only real thing in common is the Rum flavoring.
Contents: BR has Virginias bright and red, NV has fire-cured Kentucky added.
Cut: BR crumble cake (pressed ribbons) vs. NV sort of crumble flakes.
Flavoring: BR is soaked in Rum, NV is just enhanced with this spirit.
Strenght: to my taste buds BR is strongest than NV.
[align=justify]I consider BR as a Virginias classic navy cavendish blend, the Rum is much more present as flavor than in the NV. The NV is an all-Americans blend where the Rum is barely noticeable. NV has some smoky taste for the Kentucky. The Virginias smokes differently in this two blends, BR is sweetest than NV. I can smoke two/three bowls of NV in a day but I can't stand more than one per day of BR. Finish a tin of NV took me one week, to end BR I need at least a couple of months. I only smoked one tin of NV and several tins of BR, but if you ask me which one I must have with me for living in a desert island, no way... I would pick NV.[/align]