Robert Maniscalco uses all the time. People must like it. His online gallery is
here
I think in using it, there's a risk that the temperature shifts become unclear. Often the rim light is considerably cooler and brighter than the main lighting, so what temperature should the shadows be? It also seems to throw what should be a receding edge way into the foreground. In old photos, this was often against a light background, wasn't it? That seems to work well, for me.
I get this effect in my studio frequently too, but I try to block it out. I have one painting where I used it when I didn't know any better. The light from both sides was roughly equal, unlike the Charles LaSalle example. My result wasn't great. Right in the center of a young girl, there's this columnar shadow shape, which really served to age her prematurely. I can see this effect in other paintings of young people too.