As promised, here is the final result (even if we know it's a fs issue):
mchouque - /tmp/joerg %/usr/bin/time tar jxf rock.tar.bz2
19.69user 6796.49system 1:56:05elapsed 97%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (319major+951minor)pagefaults 0swaps
/usr/bin/time tar jxf rock.tar.bz2 19.69s user 6796.49s system 97% cpu 1:56:05.11 total
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