Thanks for the advice guys. It looks like I will go with something closer to the third option!

I would like to fully recreate my long gone temple points but as you say JRob, it would be necessary to shave more of that low density area and we are almost into full cap territory there. I may try it at some point, but I want to be able to wear a baseball cap sometimes so I don't want to go right down to my ears almost in shaving.