diff --git a/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/TODO.md b/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/TODO.md
index 984cb02c43..d7d2e49e9c 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/TODO.md
+++ b/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/TODO.md
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
 * implement streaming encoding.Decbuf over io.ReadSeeker
 * Build & load from directories
 * Less copying! I've taken some shortcuts we'll need to refactor to avoid copying []byte around in a few places
-* more sophisticated querying methods
\ No newline at end of file
+* more sophisticated querying methods
+* queue access to blooms
+* io.reader based decoder
+* tar support
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/archive.go b/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/archive.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4c0b124a05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/archive.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"archive/tar"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/chunkenc"
+)
+
+func TarGz(dst io.Writer, src *DirectoryBlockReader) error {
+	if err := src.Init(); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error initializing directory block reader")
+	}
+
+	gzipper := chunkenc.GetWriterPool(chunkenc.EncGZIP).GetWriter(dst)
+	defer gzipper.Close()
+
+	tarballer := tar.NewWriter(gzipper)
+	defer tarballer.Close()
+
+	for _, f := range []*os.File{src.index, src.blooms} {
+		info, err := f.Stat()
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error stat'ing file %s", f.Name())
+		}
+
+		header, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, f.Name())
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating tar header for file %s", f.Name())
+		}
+
+		if err := tarballer.WriteHeader(header); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error writing tar header for file %s", f.Name())
+		}
+
+		if _, err := io.Copy(tarballer, f); err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "error writing file %s to tarball", f.Name())
+		}
+
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func UnTarGz(dst string, r io.Reader) error {
+	gzipper, err := chunkenc.GetReaderPool(chunkenc.EncGZIP).GetReader(r)
+	if err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "error getting gzip reader")
+	}
+
+	tarballer := tar.NewReader(gzipper)
+
+	for {
+		header, err := tarballer.Next()
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "error reading tarball header")
+		}
+
+		target := filepath.Join(dst, header.Name)
+
+		// check the file type
+		switch header.Typeflag {
+
+		// if its a dir and it doesn't exist create it
+		case tar.TypeDir:
+			if _, err := os.Stat(target); err != nil {
+				if err := os.MkdirAll(target, 0755); err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+
+		// if it's a file create it
+		case tar.TypeReg:
+			f, err := os.OpenFile(target, os.O_CREATE|os.O_RDWR|os.O_TRUNC, os.FileMode(header.Mode))
+			if err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error creating file %s", target)
+			}
+
+			// copy over contents
+			if _, err := io.Copy(f, tarballer); err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error copying contents of file %s", target)
+			}
+
+			// manually close here after each file operation; defering would cause each file close
+			// to wait until all operations have completed.
+			if err := f.Close(); err != nil {
+				return errors.Wrapf(err, "error closing file %s", target)
+			}
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/archive_test.go b/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/archive_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d49118051
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/storage/bloom/v1/archive_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package v1
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/pkg/chunkenc"
+)
+
+func TestArchive(t *testing.T) {
+	// for writing files to two dirs for comparison and ensuring they're equal
+	dir1 := t.TempDir()
+	dir2 := t.TempDir()
+
+	numSeries := 100
+	data := mkBasicSeriesWithBlooms(numSeries, 0, 0xffff, 0, 10000)
+
+	builder, err := NewBlockBuilder(
+		BlockOptions{
+			schema: Schema{
+				version:  DefaultSchemaVersion,
+				encoding: chunkenc.EncSnappy,
+			},
+			SeriesPageSize: 100,
+			BloomPageSize:  10 << 10,
+		},
+		NewDirectoryBlockWriter(dir1),
+	)
+
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	itr := NewSliceIter[SeriesWithBloom](data)
+	require.Nil(t, builder.BuildFrom(itr))
+
+	reader := NewDirectoryBlockReader(dir1)
+
+	w := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+	require.Nil(t, TarGz(w, reader))
+
+	require.Nil(t, UnTarGz(dir2, w))
+
+	reader2 := NewDirectoryBlockReader(dir2)
+
+	// Check Index is byte for byte equivalent
+	srcIndex, err := reader.Index()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	_, err = srcIndex.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	dstIndex, err := reader2.Index()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	_, err = dstIndex.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	srcIndexBytes, err := io.ReadAll(srcIndex)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	dstIndexBytes, err := io.ReadAll(dstIndex)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, srcIndexBytes, dstIndexBytes)
+
+	// Check Blooms is byte for byte equivalent
+	srcBlooms, err := reader.Blooms()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	_, err = srcBlooms.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	dstBlooms, err := reader2.Blooms()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	_, err = dstBlooms.Seek(0, io.SeekStart)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	srcBloomsBytes, err := io.ReadAll(srcBlooms)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	dstBloomsBytes, err := io.ReadAll(dstBlooms)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, srcBloomsBytes, dstBloomsBytes)
+}