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It's called orchestration. Subject to taste and interpretation.
You're certainly on the right track by thinking of playing for the song. That's what makes a great band.
There are hundreds of ways of going about this. The Rolling Stones have songs where both Wood and Richards are playing completely independent lines and parts, but the sum product sounds great.
AC/DC does a lot of stuff where the brothers are both playing the same rhythm parts and that too sounds great.
There are other iconic albums that have tons of guitar tracks on them -some parts doubled; some parts doubled at the octave; and some parts that solo over the entire song. The rhythm/lead thing works great too if both guitarists know how to use their volumes properly and respective of the song.
I would suggest that you get together with the other guitar player and discuss parts for the songs, and decide collectively what works best.
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