Copy and Uncompress (ssh, gunzip, tar) from Remote Server

So you have a remote backup and you want to quickly have it restored locally or to another server without transferring, then uncompressing as 2 or 3 steps.

ssh user@remote-server "cat /path/to/compressed/backup.tar.gz" | tar xzvf -

Tags: backup, Bash, gunzip, large files, restore, ssh, tar