diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectBooleanArray.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectBooleanArray.java
index b1f7287271ab4..dbda8b463468d 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectBooleanArray.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectBooleanArray.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public boolean equals( Object other )
     @Override
     public boolean equals( Value other )
     {
-        return equals( this.value, other );
+        return other.equals( this.value );
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -114,17 +114,7 @@ boolean equals( String[] x )
     @Override
     public int hashCode()
     {
-        return hash( value );
-    }
-
-    static boolean equals( boolean[] value, Value other )
-    {
-        return other instanceof DirectBooleanArray && Arrays.equals( value, ((DirectBooleanArray) other).value );
-    }
-
-    static int hash( boolean[] value )
-    {
-        return Arrays.hashCode( value );
+        return NumberValues.hash( value );
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -141,14 +131,6 @@ public String toString()
 
     public int compareTo( ValueGroup.VBooleanArray other )
     {
-        int i = 0;
-        int x = value.length - other.length();
-
-        while ( x == 0 && i < value.length )
-        {
-            x = Boolean.compare( value[i], other.booleanValue( i ) );
-            i++;
-        }
-        return x;
+        return NumberValues.compareBooleanArrays( this, other );
     }
 }
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectCharArray.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectCharArray.java
index 43faa9de7cd77..b5f785b8bc29e 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectCharArray.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectCharArray.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
-final class DirectCharArray extends DirectArray
+final class DirectCharArray extends DirectArray implements ValueGroup.VTextArray
 {
     final char[] value;
 
@@ -33,12 +33,6 @@ final class DirectCharArray extends DirectArray
         this.value = value;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    int length()
-    {
-        return value.length;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public boolean equals( Object other )
     {
@@ -118,15 +112,28 @@ public int hashCode()
         return TextValues.hash( value );
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo( ValueGroup.VTextArray other )
+    {
+        return TextValues.compareTextArrays( this, other );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int length()
+    {
+        return value.length;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String stringValue( int offset )
+    {
+        return Character.toString( value[offset] );
+    }
+
     @Override
     void writeTo( ValueWriter writer )
     {
-        writer.beginArray( value.length, ValueWriter.ArrayType.CHAR );
-        for ( char x : value )
-        {
-            writer.writeString( x );
-        }
-        writer.endArray();
+        PrimitiveArrayWriting.writeTo( writer, value );
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectStringArray.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectStringArray.java
index 5fb724a36a8c6..90c2beb0bedc8 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectStringArray.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/DirectStringArray.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import static java.lang.String.format;
 
-final class DirectStringArray extends DirectArray
+final class DirectStringArray extends DirectArray implements ValueGroup.VTextArray
 {
     final String[] value;
 
@@ -34,11 +34,17 @@ final class DirectStringArray extends DirectArray
     }
 
     @Override
-    int length()
+    public int length()
     {
         return value.length;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String stringValue( int offset )
+    {
+        return value[offset];
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean equals( Object other )
     {
@@ -123,16 +129,8 @@ public String toString()
         return format( "StringArray(%s)", Arrays.toString( value ) );
     }
 
-    public int compareTo( DirectStringArray other )
+    public int compareTo( ValueGroup.VTextArray other )
     {
-        int i = 0;
-        int x = value.length - other.value.length;
-
-        while ( x == 0 && i < value.length )
-        {
-            x = value[i].compareTo( other.value[i] );
-            i++;
-        }
-        return x;
+        return TextValues.compareTextArrays( this, other );
     }
 }
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/NumberValues.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/NumberValues.java
index 67664d4a3fa43..f0135cf769b76 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/NumberValues.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/NumberValues.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.neo4j.values;
 
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 @SuppressWarnings( "WeakerAccess" )
 public class NumberValues
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ public static int hash( double[] values )
         return result;
     }
 
+    public static int hash( boolean[] value )
+    {
+        return Arrays.hashCode( value );
+    }
+
     public static boolean numbersEqual( double fpn, long in )
     {
         if ( in < 0 )
@@ -282,4 +288,18 @@ public static int compareFloatArrays( ValueGroup.VFloatingPointArray a, ValueGro
         }
         return x;
     }
+
+    public static int compareBooleanArrays( ValueGroup.VBooleanArray a, ValueGroup.VBooleanArray b )
+    {
+        int i = 0;
+        int length = a.length();
+        int x = length - b.length();
+
+        while ( x == 0 && i < length )
+        {
+            x = Boolean.compare( a.booleanValue( i ), b.booleanValue( i ) );
+            i++;
+        }
+        return x;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/TextValues.java b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/TextValues.java
index 9f3ee10425dbd..70a95fc3ef1d4 100644
--- a/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/TextValues.java
+++ b/community/values/src/main/java/org/neo4j/values/TextValues.java
@@ -42,6 +42,20 @@ public static int compareCharToString( char c, String s )
         return x;
     }
 
+    public static int compareTextArrays( ValueGroup.VTextArray a, ValueGroup.VTextArray b )
+    {
+        int i = 0;
+        int length = a.length();
+        int x = length - b.length();
+
+        while ( x == 0 && i < length )
+        {
+            x = a.stringValue( i ).compareTo( b.stringValue( i ) );
+            i++;
+        }
+        return x;
+    }
+
     public static int hash( char[] value )
     {
         return Arrays.hashCode( value );