tar from VAX BSD to VAX V/2.0

[Joel West]

I have multiple directories on a BSD 4.2 system thhat is going away,
so I need to dump my files and load them up on a VAX V/2.0.

If I use the  BSD tar(1), can that be read at the System V
end?  I suppose the alternative is a PD cpio, if someone has one,
although I've never used it.

This is a one-time requirement, so I'm going for simple.