Couple of questions regarding modding BG from returning player

Hello, good people of this forum.

I'm returning player to BG games. I did couple of playthroughs of SoA and ToB many years (without mods), however i never beat BG1 and i've been waiting to play complete saga from beggining to end. Recently, i finally bought SoD so i think i'm ready for this epic experience.
There are, in fact, only two mods i really want to try for a long time and consider essential for me: Imoen Romance and Ascension.
And now, i have a few question to more experienced players:
1. Which mods for would consider friendly for first timer of BG:EE?
2. Is installing EET for first playthrough of entire saga a good idea?
3. Do you have any recommendation for BG2 and Tob mods which would make next playthrough more enjoyable (bear in mind that 10 years passed since my last time playing Baldur's Gate)?

Sorry, if those questions are tedious, but there are soooo many mods for BG, from which there are a large number of cool mods. I'm feeling a little bit lost and i'm a complete newb, so i'm looking for some community feedback.

Thank you.