I’ve, happily, done similarly for many years now...I used to just stick it up front if I was using amp dirt, unless I was running my old Laney AOR, then it was used to gate the preamp with the loop. The last 15 or so years(since I got back in to pedal dirt) it’s been set up with all of my dirtboxes in the loop most of the time. My delay, chorus, and reverb are seldom used, and quiet...so they go after the NS2...I like my phaser, and wah before it.
One of the most useful pedals that I’ve ever used. I have one that’s 30 years old, and another that’s a bit over 20 years old. Both still work as they should.