[Charles Martel]

They were so totally different, that I don’t think a comparison can be made. The hard throatiness of Nicks and the sweet softness of McVie are two entirely different styles.

I enjoyed listening to both of them.

True, both were important to the band's success formula. I saw them live some years ago, during a period when Christine wasn't participating. Still a good show, but her absence was so obvious.

[ought-six]

As I said in an earlier post I saw them I saw live in late, 1975.
I also saw them almost 20 years later at the Poplar Creek amphitheater. It was only the pre-Buckingham/Nicks trio of John McVie, Christine McVie, and Mick Fleetwood from the original group, with Dave Mason (instead of Lindsay Buckingham) and Bonnie Bramlett’s daughter Bekka Bramlett replacing Stevie Nicks. It was pretty good, but nothing like the band of 1975 - 1980.