diff --git a/tar/asm/getter.go b/tar/asm/getter.go
index 1ea7b3d..bb5e0d1 100644
--- a/tar/asm/getter.go
+++ b/tar/asm/getter.go
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ type readCloserWrapper struct {
 func (w *readCloserWrapper) Close() error { return nil }
 
 // NewBufferFileGetPutter is simple in memory FileGetPutter
+//
+// Implication is this is memory intensive...
+// Probably best for testing or light weight cases.
 func NewBufferFileGetPutter() FileGetPutter {
-	return &bufferFileGetPutter{}
+	return &bufferFileGetPutter{
+		files: map[string][]byte{},
+	}
 }
diff --git a/tar/asm/getter_test.go b/tar/asm/getter_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4206189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tar/asm/getter_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package asm
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestGetter(t *testing.T) {
+	fgp := NewBufferFileGetPutter()
+	files := map[string][]byte{
+		"file1.txt": []byte("foo"),
+		"file2.txt": []byte("bar"),
+	}
+	for n, b := range files {
+		if err := fgp.Put(n, bytes.NewBuffer(b)); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+	}
+	for n, b := range files {
+		r, err := fgp.Get(n)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		buf, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		if string(b) != string(buf) {
+			t.Errorf("expected %q, got %q", string(b), string(buf))
+		}
+	}
+}