One of the things about shaving your head is that it draws the attention to your face more and actually helps in communicating with people because they don't have anywhere else to look if they're going to look at you.
Seems like a lot of really long haired dudes will go straight to bald from long hair...I think going just to a regular haircut is too normal for someone that has already stood out in the crowd (it happened with my brother in law, buzzed bald)....