Home Depot sells cloth friction tape!!!

Is it a good idea to wrap modern day splices (with wire nuts of course) with the vinyl tape and the friction tape over it?

Or is that overkill?

P.S. I have a couple of those Leviton s.m. outlets. Also the Eagle versions. They're still manufactured...my aunt's apartment has a bunch. Her place needs an entire rewiring, but I'm not going to touch it...it's a job for a real electrician...there are wires crumbling inside the walls.