Bal Grip used to absolutely stink of ammonia, it killed you in shower area and was hell with a hang over, but...
Boy did it stick! If you dropped on anything and left it a couple of hours it was a nightmare to get off. Great to work with.
They replaced it with the new grip about 12 years ago i'm guessing, and as above it was too dry and in my opinion doesn't actually stick that well.
I think White Star came out not long after the new Grip was introduced and we switched immediately to it, its a brilliant adhesive.
It was around the time they ditched our beloved Bal Wall
They also introduced the junk Green Star and another even worse and cheaper adhesive called 'Gold Fix' or something like that, it was total poo and we point blank refused to use it.
Glad White Star its still available.