I use the parade gloss on most of my black shoes. I didn't know it came in brown until I read this thread. Apart from a pair of rarely worn dress shoes, I mostly polish a pair of black work boots. As an aside I found a second reason to keep them polished apart from appearance. As an EMT I have read a couple of uniform policies that require polishing of leather boots to add an additional barrier to the leather against certain contaminants.

I should also tell about my failed experiment with polishing. For years in my office there was an electric shoe polisher in the corner. The sort with two soft brushes that spins fast and really just buffs shoes quickly. So I got the idea that I could get a similar bit for my drill and speed polish the boots. I got it and it appeared to work fine. I went to work, and looking down at my boots saw what looked like dust, then I realized it was far worse than dust, it was little red fibers from the polishing head, that was not lint free. Getting the lint off the boots was somewhat challenging, but I was able to get it eventually.