I've kept both and while neolamprologus brichardi are not the most colorful fish they are interesting in their own right. They develop a colony structure where the older siblings actually help guard and raise new fry, for this reason you'll have loads of them in no time since they breed like rabbits. They are the convicts of the old world cichlids. You'll actually have a hard time getting rid of them as well, they are fairly common and have little value to most LFS who have better success with bright colored fish from Lake Malawi.