diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 50e41537bc..bc0513c448 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2300,6 +2300,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "client_util",
  "futures-util",
  "generated_types",
+ "observability_deps",
  "prost 0.11.0",
  "tonic",
  "workspace-hack",
diff --git a/influxdb_storage_client/Cargo.toml b/influxdb_storage_client/Cargo.toml
index 583437f404..e5f5b49b8e 100644
--- a/influxdb_storage_client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/influxdb_storage_client/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 client_util = { path = "../client_util" }
-generated_types = { path = "../generated_types", default-features=false }
+generated_types = { path = "../generated_types", default-features=false, features=["data_types"] }
 prost = "0.11"
 tonic = { version = "0.8" }
 futures-util = { version = "0.3" }
+observability_deps = { path = "../observability_deps"}
 workspace-hack = { path = "../workspace-hack"}
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/influxdb_storage_client/src/lib.rs b/influxdb_storage_client/src/lib.rs
index d4dfffd84e..445622b248 100644
--- a/influxdb_storage_client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/influxdb_storage_client/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use client_util::connection::GrpcConnection;
 use futures_util::TryStreamExt;
 use prost::Message;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::fmt::Debug;
 
 /// Re-export generated_types
 pub mod generated_types {
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ pub use client_util::connection;
 use self::connection::Connection;
 use self::generated_types::*;
 use ::generated_types::google::protobuf::*;
+use observability_deps::tracing::{debug, trace};
 use std::num::NonZeroU64;
 
 /// InfluxDB IOx deals with database names. The gRPC interface deals
@@ -83,7 +85,11 @@ impl Client {
     /// Creates a new client with the provided connection
     pub fn new(connection: Connection) -> Self {
         Self {
-            inner: storage_client::StorageClient::new(connection.into_grpc_connection()),
+            inner: storage_client::StorageClient::new(
+                connection
+                    .log_debug("creating with connection")
+                    .into_grpc_connection(),
+            ),
         }
     }
 
@@ -106,7 +112,12 @@ impl Client {
 
     /// return the capabilities of the server as a hash map
     pub async fn capabilities(&mut self) -> Result<HashMap<String, Vec<String>>, tonic::Status> {
-        let response = self.inner.capabilities(Empty {}).await?.into_inner();
+        let response = self
+            .inner
+            .capabilities(Empty {})
+            .await
+            .log_trace("capabilities response")?
+            .into_inner();
 
         let CapabilitiesResponse { caps } = response;
 
@@ -125,10 +136,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: MeasurementNamesRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<String>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("measurement_names request");
         let responses = self
             .inner
             .measurement_names(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("measurement_names response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -142,10 +155,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: ReadWindowAggregateRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<read_response::frame::Data>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("read_window_aggregate request");
         let responses: Vec<_> = self
             .inner
             .read_window_aggregate(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("read_window_aggregate response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -159,10 +174,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: TagKeysRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<String>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("tag_keys request");
         let responses = self
             .inner
             .tag_keys(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("tag_keys response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -176,10 +193,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: MeasurementTagKeysRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<String>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("measurement_tag_keys request");
         let responses = self
             .inner
             .measurement_tag_keys(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("measurement_tag_keys response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -193,10 +212,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: TagValuesRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<String>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("tag_values request");
         let responses = self
             .inner
             .tag_values(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("tag_values response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -210,10 +231,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: TagValuesGroupedByMeasurementAndTagKeyRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<TagValuesResponse>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("tag_values_grouped_by_measurement_and_tag_key request");
         let responses: Vec<_> = self
             .inner
             .tag_values_grouped_by_measurement_and_tag_key(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("tag_values_grouped_by_measurement_and_tag_key response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -227,10 +250,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: MeasurementTagValuesRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<String>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("measurement_tag_values request");
         let responses = self
             .inner
             .measurement_tag_values(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("measurement_tag_values response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -244,10 +269,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: ReadFilterRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<read_response::frame::Data>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("read_filter request");
         let responses: Vec<_> = self
             .inner
             .read_filter(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("read_filter response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -261,10 +288,12 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: ReadGroupRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<read_response::frame::Data>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("read_group request");
         let responses: Vec<_> = self
             .inner
             .read_group(request)
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("read_group response")?
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect()
             .await?;
@@ -278,12 +307,14 @@ impl Client {
         &mut self,
         request: MeasurementFieldsRequest,
     ) -> Result<Vec<String>, tonic::Status> {
+        let request = request.log_trace("measurement_fields request");
         let measurement_fields_response = self.inner.measurement_fields(request).await?;
 
         let responses: Vec<_> = measurement_fields_response
             .into_inner()
             .try_collect::<Vec<_>>()
-            .await?
+            .await
+            .log_trace("measurement_fields response")?
             .into_iter()
             .flat_map(|r| r.fields)
             .map(|message_field| {
@@ -332,3 +363,21 @@ pub fn tag_key_bytes_to_strings(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> String {
         _ => String::from_utf8(bytes).expect("string value response was not utf8"),
     }
 }
+
+/// Logs the specific item
+trait Loggable {
+    fn log_trace(self, msg: &'static str) -> Self;
+    fn log_debug(self, msg: &'static str) -> Self;
+}
+
+impl<T: Debug> Loggable for T {
+    fn log_trace(self, msg: &'static str) -> Self {
+        trace!(data=?self, "{}", msg);
+        self
+    }
+
+    fn log_debug(self, msg: &'static str) -> Self {
+        debug!(data=?self, "{}", msg);
+        self
+    }
+}