Exhibit 11

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 20 to Registration
Statement No. 033-52050 on Form S-6 of our report dated March 24, 2008, relating
to the financial statements of each of the Subaccounts of New England Variable
Life Separate Account and our report dated April 14, 2008, relating to the
consolidated financial statements of New England Life Insurance Company (the
"Company") (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an
explanatory paragraph referring to the fact that the Company changed its method
of accounting for income taxes as required by accounting guidance adopted on
January 1, 2007, and changed its method of accounting for defined benefit
pension and other postretirement plans, as required by accounting guidance
adopted on December 31, 2006), both appearing in the Prospectus Supplement,
which is part of such Registration Statement, and to the reference to us under
the heading "Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in the Prospectus
Supplement, also in the Registration Statement.


/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Tampa, Florida
April 22, 2008