diff --git a/tar/asm/assemble.go b/tar/asm/assemble.go
index 41fafc2..7f20a16 100644
--- a/tar/asm/assemble.go
+++ b/tar/asm/assemble.go
@@ -6,7 +6,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/vbatts/tar-split/tar/storage"
 )
 
-func NewTarStream(fg FileGetter, up storage.Unpacker) io.ReadCloser {
+// NewOutputTarStream returns an io.ReadCloser that is an assemble tar archive
+// stream.
+//
+// It takes a FileGetter, for mapping the file payloads that are to be read in,
+// and a storage.Unpacker, which has access to the rawbytes and file order
+// metadata. With the combination of these two items, a precise assembled Tar
+// archive is possible.
+func NewOutputTarStream(fg FileGetter, up storage.Unpacker) io.ReadCloser {
+	// ... Since these are interfaces, this is possible, so let's not have a nil pointer
+	if fg == nil || up == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
 	go func() {
 		for {
diff --git a/tar/asm/assemble_test.go b/tar/asm/assemble_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81dff9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar/asm/assemble_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package asm
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestNewOutputTarStream(t *testing.T) {
+	// TODO disassembly
+	fgp := NewBufferFileGetPutter()
+	_ = NewOutputTarStream(fgp, nil)
+}
diff --git a/tar/asm/disassemble.go b/tar/asm/disassemble.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35fb61a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar/asm/disassemble.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"io"
+
+	"github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar"
+	"github.com/vbatts/tar-split/tar/storage"
+)
+
+func NewInputTarStream(r io.Reader, fp FilePutter, p storage.Packer) (io.Reader, error) {
+	// What to do here... folks will want their own access to the Reader that is
+	// their tar archive stream, but we'll need that same stream to use our
+	// forked 'archive/tar'.
+	// Perhaps do an io.TeeReader that hand back an io.Reader for them to read
+	// from, and we'll mitm the stream to store metadata.
+	// We'll need a FilePutter too ...
+
+	// Another concern, whether to do any FilePutter operations, such that we
+	// don't extract any amount of the archive. But then again, we're not making
+	// files/directories, hardlinks, etc. Just writing the io to the FilePutter.
+	// Perhaps we have a DiscardFilePutter that is a bit bucket.
+
+	// we'll return the pipe reader, since TeeReader does not buffer and will
+	// only read what the outputRdr Read's. Since Tar archive's have padding on
+	// the end, we want to be the one reading the padding, even if the user's
+	// `archive/tar` doesn't care.
+	pR, pW := io.Pipe()
+	outputRdr := io.TeeReader(r, pW)
+
+	tr := tar.NewReader(outputRdr)
+	tr.RawAccounting = true
+
+	return pR, nil
+}
diff --git a/tar/asm/getter.go b/tar/asm/getter.go
index bb5e0d1..2b94c89 100644
--- a/tar/asm/getter.go
+++ b/tar/asm/getter.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 )
@@ -73,3 +74,16 @@ func NewBufferFileGetPutter() FileGetPutter {
 		files: map[string][]byte{},
 	}
 }
+
+// NewDiscardFilePutter is a bit bucket FilePutter
+func NewDiscardFilePutter() FilePutter {
+	return &bitBucketFilePutter{}
+}
+
+type bitBucketFilePutter struct {
+}
+
+func (bbfp *bitBucketFilePutter) Put(name string, r io.Reader) error {
+	_, err := io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, r)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/tar/asm/getter_test.go b/tar/asm/getter_test.go
index 4206189..9adb171 100644
--- a/tar/asm/getter_test.go
+++ b/tar/asm/getter_test.go
@@ -31,3 +31,17 @@ func TestGetter(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+func TestPutter(t *testing.T) {
+	fp := NewDiscardFilePutter()
+	files := map[string][]byte{
+		"file1.txt": []byte("foo"),
+		"file2.txt": []byte("bar"),
+		"file3.txt": []byte("baz"),
+		"file4.txt": []byte("bif"),
+	}
+	for n, b := range files {
+		if err := fp.Put(n, bytes.NewBuffer(b)); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+	}
+}