What are the best shoes?

If your drums are worn & that is quite likely if high mileage, then there will be little contact between the shoe & drum if the shoes are for std size drums. Result will be poor braking until the shoes 'wear into the drum' OR you have them radius ground to your drum size.

I get my brake shoes custom bonded at a brake shop. They have different lining materials for different applications. Example, if you do a lot of high speed driving & want less brake fade, you would get harder material, probably with metal in it. These often take time to 'warm up' with poor braking until they do.
i am over the boy-racer bit, no more high speed stops, so I get soft linings that require minimal foot pressure & give superb stopping power.