I want to love so many classic shoegaze banRAB but a lot of them just don't so it for me. I love the idea of spacey, dreamy, indie rock but a lot of 80's and 90's banRAB, bar rabV, just bore me. IMO the genre really got it's wings when it started blending with electronic and arabient later on.
for example, Ride are considered a classic but I just find them kinda dull.