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This rubber is simply on a league of its own, not because it is the best rubber but because there's nothing out there that is quite the same. Yes there are many that are similar but trust me its not the same. This is a very fast and bouncy rubber with a lot of spin. No matter where you hit the ball from whether its short or far from the table, it will go in the way you want it to. It goes well with all sorts of blades, all wood, ALC, ZLC, any other fibres out there. This rubber is suitable for both backhand and forehand looping as it has quite a high arc to it (which compromises its short game when paired with faster blades such as ZLC blades) leading to a good short to mid-far game. going too far from the table will purely depend on the player as i dont believe that the rubber itself can give that much power. Hence overall this seems like a perfect rubber.
There are DOWNSIDES however and these are very important. The most important thing about this rubber is its lack of gears. trust me when i say this, no matter who hits the ball with a tenergy it will go on. You do not need much power at all to get the ball on the table producing a fair paced spinny shot by just hitting the ball. This is a very bad sign for beginners and those who want to develop their shot. this rubber pretty much plays the game for you hence you will not improve much starting off with it. So for those who are just starting off and want to improve the game i recommend stepping away from Tenergy to develop appropriate power, spin and shots before using this even though this rubber will feel like the holy grail of table tennis rubbers.
Also the rubber itself does not last very long - id say about 6 months of playing once a week therefore a very expensive choice indeed

The instrument series by Nittaku are probably one of the best crafted blades out there, just looking at the grains on the blade was a beauty on its own, therefore though pricey its definitely worth it.
Now to the review, at first I had tenergy 05 on forehand and 64 on backhand therefore I couldnt complain much about the speed. The control was amazing at this point, most of my loops went on quite easily and with you could pretty much feel the ball with every shot, no matter how soft or hard you hit the ball (just to describe how great the feeling of this blade is).
The problem came in when i decided to put on a sheet of hurricane provincial to the forehand, (Ive always used tenergy so hurricane was a whole new experience here) I found that the ball went nowhere literally. i could not even get one shot over the net which was very frustrating. This was when i realised how slow the blade really was. Why i say it was in the blade is because i put the same sheet on an innerforce T5000 and the hurricane was perfectly fine.
I still rate this blade 5 stars however because paired with any european/japanese rubber it will never go wrong and the feeling and craftsmanship of this blade is just superb

This is one of my favourite blades to date. Compared to other ZLC blades (apart from the innerforce) it has a really nice feel to it which sounds more woody when coming into contact with the ball. I was using tenergy 05 on both sides and what i found was that it was very quick when it came to close to table game, making things like flicking much more difficult compared to an ALC blade.
Despite this, when you start looping close to mid distance it was a beauty as it had power and quite a lot of dwell time for a ZLC blade (which is still much less than an ALC blade in my opinion hence why i had to change)