"The huge advantage in my opinion is that you don't have to create curves & sections to generate a nurbs surface. You can manipulate points, edges or faces on a surface right from the start to get the shape you want, its much more direct I think, and can save quite a bit of time for more organic stuff."

I totally agree with you there. A way to get the best of two worlds (at least in theory). However I don't feel Im getting the results I was hoping for. But Im still fairly new to 3d in general and might need to experiment some more to get it right.
Ive tried to use Fusion 360 for the conversion instead, and that seems to get me slightly better results I think.