Vesrah makes great brakes. IMO they all work very very well, EBC, Ferodo, Vesrah, SBS. The race pads bite really hard on the street but generally speaking, they either wear out super quick or glaze super quick. In my experience using race pads, you have to be extremely aggressive on them or they glaze, but doing this, obviously uses them up more quickly. A lot of race bikes can go through a set of race pads in the course of one race and a practice session. I've used EBC HH pads for years and never had an issue, they're top on my list, but I've used Ferodo and Vesrah as well. The SBS pads are worthy as well, but I found they squealled a lot on my bike, and had no signs as to why.
That said, $40 for calipers AND pads??? DO IT!!!
That said, $40 for calipers AND pads??? DO IT!!!