diff --git a/src/bigquery.ts b/src/bigquery.ts
index bc85b18d..afc11f26 100644
--- a/src/bigquery.ts
+++ b/src/bigquery.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import {
 import {GoogleErrorBody} from '@google-cloud/common/build/src/util';
 import bigquery from './types';
 import {logger, setLogFunction} from './logger';
+import {MergeSchemaTransform, StorageReadClient} from './storage';
 
 // Third-Party Re-exports
 export {common};
@@ -247,6 +248,11 @@ export interface BigQueryOptions extends GoogleAuthOptions {
    * Defaults to `googleapis.com`.
    */
   universeDomain?: string;
+
+  /**
+   * Storage Reader
+   */
+  storageReadClient?: StorageReadClient;
 }
 
 export interface IntegerTypeCastOptions {
@@ -339,6 +345,7 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
   location?: string;
   private _universeDomain: string;
   private _enableQueryPreview: boolean;
+  _storageClient?: StorageReadClient;
 
   createQueryStream(options?: Query | string): ResourceStream<RowMetadata> {
     // placeholder body, overwritten in constructor
@@ -404,6 +411,10 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
       }
     }
 
+    if (options.storageReadClient) {
+      this._storageClient = options.storageReadClient;
+    }
+
     this._universeDomain = universeDomain;
     this.location = options.location;
     /**
@@ -2154,7 +2165,7 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
     const queryReq = this.buildQueryRequest_(query, options);
     this.trace_('[query] queryReq', queryReq);
     if (!queryReq) {
-      this.createQueryJob(query, (err, job, resp) => {
+      this.createQueryJob(query, async (err, job, resp) => {
         if (err) {
           (callback as SimpleQueryRowsCallback)(err, null, resp);
           return;
@@ -2171,7 +2182,7 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
       return;
     }
 
-    this.runJobsQuery(queryReq, (err, job, res) => {
+    this.runJobsQuery(queryReq, async (err, job, res) => {
       this.trace_('[runJobsQuery callback]: ', query, err, job, res);
       if (err) {
         (callback as SimpleQueryRowsCallback)(err, null, res);
@@ -2205,6 +2216,69 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
     });
   }
 
+  async acceleratedFetchDataFromJob_(
+    job: Job,
+    opts: QueryOptions,
+    callback: QueryRowsCallback,
+    schema?: bigquery.ITableSchema
+  ): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this._storageClient) {
+      return Promise.reject('storage client not available');
+    }
+    console.time('fetchMetadata');
+    const [metadata] = (await job.getMetadata()) as bigquery.IJob[];
+    this.trace_('[job metadata]', metadata.configuration?.query);
+    const qconfig = metadata.configuration?.query;
+    if (!qconfig) {
+      return Promise.reject('job is not a query type');
+    }
+    const dstTableRef = qconfig.destinationTable!;
+    const table = this.dataset(dstTableRef.datasetId!, {
+      projectId: dstTableRef.projectId,
+    }).table(dstTableRef.tableId!);
+    let tableSchema = schema;
+    if (!tableSchema) {
+      const [md] = (await table.getMetadata({
+        view: 'BASIC',
+      })) as bigquery.ITable[];
+      tableSchema = md.schema;
+    }
+    console.timeEnd('fetchMetadata');
+
+    const tableReader = await this._storageClient.createTableReader({
+      table: dstTableRef,
+    });
+    console.time('fetchStorageAPI');
+    this.trace_('fetching with Storage API');
+    if (opts._asStream) {
+      const stream = await tableReader.getRowStream();
+      const rowStream = stream.pipe(
+        new MergeSchemaTransform(tableSchema!)
+      ) as ResourceStream<any>;
+      rowStream.on('data', data => {
+        callback(null, [data], {
+          _streaming: true,
+        } as any);
+      });
+      rowStream.on('end', () => {
+        callback(null, [], null);
+      });
+      console.timeEnd('fetchStorageAPI');
+      return;
+    }
+    const [rawRows] = await tableReader.getRows();
+    console.timeEnd('fetchStorageAPI');
+    this.trace_('finished fetching with Storage API');
+    console.time('mergeSchemaStorage');
+    const rows = BigQuery.mergeSchemaWithRows_(tableSchema!, rawRows, {
+      wrapIntegers: opts.wrapIntegers || false,
+      parseJSON: opts.parseJSON || false,
+    });
+
+    console.timeEnd('mergeSchemaStorage');
+    callback(null, rows, null);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Check if the given Query can run using the `jobs.query` endpoint.
    * Returns a bigquery.IQueryRequest that can be used to call `jobs.query`.
@@ -2314,8 +2388,10 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
           job = this.job(jobRef.jobId!, {
             location: jobRef.location,
           });
+          job.metadata = res;
         } else if (res.queryId) {
           job = this.job(res.queryId); // stateless query
+          job.metadata = res;
         }
         callback!(null, job, res);
       }
@@ -2329,8 +2405,18 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
    * @private
    */
   queryAsStream_(query: Query, callback?: SimpleQueryRowsCallback) {
+    this.trace_('queryAsStream_');
+    if ((query as QueryResultsOptions)._streaming) {
+      return;
+    }
     if (query.job) {
-      query.job.getQueryResults(query, callback as QueryRowsCallback);
+      query.job.getQueryResults(
+        {
+          ...query,
+          _asStream: true,
+        },
+        callback as QueryRowsCallback
+      );
       return;
     }
 
@@ -2343,6 +2429,7 @@ export class BigQuery extends Service {
       wrapIntegers,
       parseJSON,
       autoPaginate: false,
+      _asStream: true,
     };
 
     delete query.location;
diff --git a/src/job.ts b/src/job.ts
index 78e6a6d2..4247f6d1 100644
--- a/src/job.ts
+++ b/src/job.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ export type QueryResultsOptions = {
      */
     _cachedRows?: any[];
     _cachedResponse?: bigquery.IQueryResponse;
+    _asStream?: boolean;
+    _streaming?: boolean;
   };
 
 /**
@@ -453,6 +455,49 @@ class Job extends Operation {
     );
   }
 
+  async wait(): Promise<void> {
+    let metadata: JobMetadata | undefined = this.metadata;
+    if (!metadata) {
+      [metadata] = await this.getMetadata();
+    }
+    const jobState = metadata?.status?.state;
+    this.trace_('wait status', jobState);
+    if (jobState === 'DONE') {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+    const isQuery = !!metadata?.configuration?.query;
+    if (isQuery) {
+      const stream = this.getQueryResultsStream({
+        maxResults: 0,
+      });
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        stream.on('data', data => {
+          this.trace_('data arrived on wait', data);
+        });
+        stream.on('error', err => {
+          this.trace_('error on wait', err);
+          reject(err);
+        });
+        stream.on('end', () => {
+          this.trace_('end on wait');
+          resolve();
+        });
+      });
+    }
+    while (true) {
+      let newMetadata: JobMetadata | undefined;
+      [newMetadata] = await this.getMetadata();
+      const newJobState = metadata?.status?.state;
+      if (newJobState === 'DONE') {
+        return Promise.resolve();
+      }
+      // TODO: exponential backoff
+      await new Promise(resolve => {
+        setTimeout(resolve, 100);
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the results of a job.
    *
@@ -565,6 +610,12 @@ class Job extends Operation {
     const timeoutOverride =
       typeof qs.timeoutMs === 'number' ? qs.timeoutMs : false;
 
+    if (this.metadata.jobComplete && this.bigQuery._storageClient) {
+      this.trace_('job complete and storage available');
+      this.bigQuery.acceleratedFetchDataFromJob_(this, options, callback!);
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (options._cachedRows) {
       let nextQuery: QueryResultsOptions | null = null;
       if (options.pageToken) {
@@ -636,7 +687,16 @@ class Job extends Operation {
     options: QueryResultsOptions,
     callback: QueryRowsCallback
   ): void {
-    options = extend({autoPaginate: false}, options);
+    if (options._streaming) {
+      return;
+    }
+    options = extend(
+      {
+        autoPaginate: false,
+        _asStream: true,
+      },
+      options
+    );
     this.getQueryResults(options, callback);
   }
 
@@ -683,7 +743,9 @@ paginator.extend(Job, ['getQueryResults']);
  * All async methods (except for streams) will return a Promise in the event
  * that a callback is omitted.
  */
-promisifyAll(Job);
+promisifyAll(Job, {
+  exclude: ['wait'],
+});
 
 /**
  * Reference to the {@link Job} class.
diff --git a/src/storage.ts b/src/storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd631cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+// Copyright 2024 Google LLC
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+import {ResourceStream} from '@google-cloud/paginator';
+import {Transform} from 'stream';
+import {BigQuery, QueryRowsResponse, RowMetadata} from '.';
+import bigquery from './types';
+
+// Minimal interface for a BigQuery Storage Read API client
+// that can read data from tables.
+export interface StorageReadClient {
+  createTableReader(req: {
+    table: bigquery.ITableReference;
+  }): Promise<TableReader>;
+}
+
+// Interface for fetching data from a BigQuery table using
+// the BigQuery Storage Read API.
+export interface TableReader {
+  getRows(): Promise<QueryRowsResponse>;
+  getRowStream(): Promise<ResourceStream<RowMetadata>>;
+}
+
+export class MergeSchemaTransform extends Transform {
+  constructor(schema: bigquery.ITableSchema) {
+    super({
+      objectMode: true,
+      transform(row, _, callback) {
+        const rows = BigQuery.mergeSchemaWithRows_(schema, [row], {
+          wrapIntegers: false,
+          parseJSON: false,
+        });
+        if (rows.length === 0) {
+          callback(new Error('failed to convert row'), null);
+          return;
+        }
+        callback(null, rows[0]);
+      },
+    });
+  }
+}