diff --git a/tar/asm/assemble.go b/tar/asm/assemble.go
index 610eebd..ec15612 100644
--- a/tar/asm/assemble.go
+++ b/tar/asm/assemble.go
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import (
 // 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,
+// It takes a storage.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 {
+func NewOutputTarStream(fg storage.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
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewOutputTarStream(fg FileGetter, up storage.Unpacker) io.ReadCloser {
 					break
 				}
 				defer fh.Close()
-				c := crc64.New(crcTable)
+				c := crc64.New(storage.CRCTable)
 				tRdr := io.TeeReader(fh, c)
 				if _, err := io.Copy(pw, tRdr); err != nil {
 					pw.CloseWithError(err)
diff --git a/tar/asm/assemble_test.go b/tar/asm/assemble_test.go
index 4ae3f69..a164f0e 100644
--- a/tar/asm/assemble_test.go
+++ b/tar/asm/assemble_test.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var entries = []struct {
 }
 
 func TestTarStreamOld(t *testing.T) {
-	fgp := NewBufferFileGetPutter()
+	fgp := storage.NewBufferFileGetPutter()
 
 	// first lets prep a GetPutter and Packer
 	for i := range entries {
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestTarStream(t *testing.T) {
 	// Setup where we'll store the metadata
 	w := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 	sp := storage.NewJsonPacker(w)
-	fgp := NewBufferFileGetPutter()
+	fgp := storage.NewBufferFileGetPutter()
 
 	// wrap the disassembly stream
 	tarStream, err := NewInputTarStream(gzRdr, sp, fgp)
diff --git a/tar/asm/disassemble.go b/tar/asm/disassemble.go
index 27f828c..b5d8564 100644
--- a/tar/asm/disassemble.go
+++ b/tar/asm/disassemble.go
@@ -14,19 +14,19 @@ import (
 // In the middle it will pack the segments and file metadata to storage.Packer
 // `p`.
 //
-// The the FilePutter is where payload of files in the stream are stashed. If
-// this stashing is not needed, fp can be nil or use NewDiscardFilePutter.
-func NewInputTarStream(r io.Reader, p storage.Packer, fp FilePutter) (io.Reader, error) {
+// The the storage.FilePutter is where payload of files in the stream are stashed. If
+// this stashing is not needed, fp can be nil or use storage.NewDiscardFilePutter.
+func NewInputTarStream(r io.Reader, p storage.Packer, fp storage.FilePutter) (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 ...
+	// We'll need a storage.FilePutter too ...
 
-	// Another concern, whether to do any FilePutter operations, such that we
+	// Another concern, whether to do any storage.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.
+	// files/directories, hardlinks, etc. Just writing the io to the storage.FilePutter.
 	// Perhaps we have a DiscardFilePutter that is a bit bucket.
 
 	// we'll return the pipe reader, since TeeReader does not buffer and will
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func NewInputTarStream(r io.Reader, p storage.Packer, fp FilePutter) (io.Reader,
 
 	// we need a putter that will generate the crc64 sums of file payloads
 	if fp == nil {
-		fp = NewDiscardFilePutter()
+		fp = storage.NewDiscardFilePutter()
 	}
 
 	go func() {
diff --git a/tar/asm/getter.go b/tar/storage/getter.go
similarity index 92%
rename from tar/asm/getter.go
rename to tar/storage/getter.go
index a275dca..907198b 100644
--- a/tar/asm/getter.go
+++ b/tar/storage/getter.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package asm
+package storage
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (bfgp bufferFileGetPutter) Get(name string) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 }
 
 func (bfgp *bufferFileGetPutter) Put(name string, r io.Reader) (int64, []byte, error) {
-	c := crc64.New(crcTable)
+	c := crc64.New(CRCTable)
 	tRdr := io.TeeReader(r, c)
 	b := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte{})
 	i, err := io.Copy(b, tRdr)
@@ -88,10 +88,11 @@ type bitBucketFilePutter struct {
 }
 
 func (bbfp *bitBucketFilePutter) Put(name string, r io.Reader) (int64, []byte, error) {
-	c := crc64.New(crcTable)
+	c := crc64.New(CRCTable)
 	tRdr := io.TeeReader(r, c)
 	i, err := io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, tRdr)
 	return i, c.Sum(nil), err
 }
 
-var crcTable = crc64.MakeTable(crc64.ISO)
+// CRCTable is the default table used for crc64 sum calculations
+var CRCTable = crc64.MakeTable(crc64.ISO)
diff --git a/tar/asm/getter_test.go b/tar/storage/getter_test.go
similarity index 98%
rename from tar/asm/getter_test.go
rename to tar/storage/getter_test.go
index 47e5e14..5a6fcc7 100644
--- a/tar/asm/getter_test.go
+++ b/tar/storage/getter_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package asm
+package storage
 
 import (
 	"bytes"