[SunHELP] tar copy to remote box

I have executed the following using the latest GNU tar

 tar czvf - . | rsh host 'todir && tar zxBpf -'

it appears the copied files are in tact but I am getting
the following error consistenly:

gzip: stdin: decompression OK, trailing garbage ignored
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors

Would like to know if this indicates a potential problem
and weather I need to adjust my method.