Thanks Wookiee.
I suspected that it was the multiple ASIO drivers thing.
To access the COSM effects in the VS-20, I have installed its driver and the editor on a laptop and taken the output from the VS-20 into my Saffire interface to my main PC where Sonar is.
This way, the signal goes from my guitar through the VS-20 on the laptop and out into Sonar on the PC.
I can also use this setup, with/without COSM, through the VS-20 line-in, for the output from my GR-30 guitar synth.
The connections remain alongside each other on the VS-20 so all I have to do is push a button to switch between the guitar and line inputs on the VS-20 without having to swap or use additional inputs at the Saffire end.
A roundabout configuration but seriously effective.
Of course, this means I cannot use the VS-20 as a DAW controller for Sonar on my PC but that does not bother me.