[CentOS] tar question

Hi

Using tar i normally create an archive etc and then unpack that archive, 
job done.

But i am copying from one filesystem to another on the same host, they 
are 2 seperate nfs filesystems, and i wonder is it possible to use tar 
to do this as opposed to say rsync etc.

tar -cvf /some/input/dir to/here etc ?

thanks