diff --git a/src/query/api/v1/handler/graphite/find_test.go b/src/query/api/v1/handler/graphite/find_test.go
index 93d4a1902b..a8490dc519 100644
--- a/src/query/api/v1/handler/graphite/find_test.go
+++ b/src/query/api/v1/handler/graphite/find_test.go
@@ -68,12 +68,10 @@ func (m *completeTagQueryMatcher) Matches(x interface{}) bool {
 	}
 
 	if !q.Start.Equal(from.t) {
-		fmt.Println("Not equal start", q.Start, from.t)
 		return false
 	}
 
 	if !q.End.Equal(until.t) {
-		fmt.Println("Not equal end", q.End, until.t)
 		return false
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/query/functions/binary/binary.go b/src/query/functions/binary/binary.go
index 5d5cc85ebf..c057686437 100644
--- a/src/query/functions/binary/binary.go
+++ b/src/query/functions/binary/binary.go
@@ -134,7 +134,9 @@ func processSingleBlock(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	builder, err := controller.BlockBuilder(queryCtx, it.Meta(), it.SeriesMeta())
+	meta, metas := it.Meta(), it.SeriesMeta()
+	meta, metas = removeNameTags(meta, metas)
+	builder, err := controller.BlockBuilder(queryCtx, meta, metas)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -171,13 +173,16 @@ func processBothSeries(
 		return nil, errMismatchedStepCounts
 	}
 
-	lMeta, rMeta := lIter.Meta(), rIter.Meta()
+	lMeta, lSeriesMeta := lIter.Meta(), lIter.SeriesMeta()
+	lMeta, lSeriesMeta = removeNameTags(lMeta, lSeriesMeta)
 
-	lSeriesMeta := utils.FlattenMetadata(lMeta, lIter.SeriesMeta())
-	rSeriesMeta := utils.FlattenMetadata(rMeta, rIter.SeriesMeta())
+	rMeta, rSeriesMeta := rIter.Meta(), rIter.SeriesMeta()
+	rMeta, rSeriesMeta = removeNameTags(rMeta, rSeriesMeta)
 
-	takeLeft, correspondingRight, lSeriesMeta := intersect(matching, lSeriesMeta, rSeriesMeta)
+	lSeriesMeta = utils.FlattenMetadata(lMeta, lSeriesMeta)
+	rSeriesMeta = utils.FlattenMetadata(rMeta, rSeriesMeta)
 
+	takeLeft, correspondingRight, lSeriesMeta := intersect(matching, lSeriesMeta, rSeriesMeta)
 	lMeta.Tags, lSeriesMeta = utils.DedupeMetadata(lSeriesMeta)
 
 	// Use metas from only taken left series
diff --git a/src/query/functions/binary/binary_test.go b/src/query/functions/binary/binary_test.go
index 81737f3cdc..19c4810154 100644
--- a/src/query/functions/binary/binary_test.go
+++ b/src/query/functions/binary/binary_test.go
@@ -837,9 +837,85 @@ func TestBothSeries(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Extract duped expected metas
 			expectedMeta := block.Metadata{Bounds: bounds}
-			expectedMeta.Tags, tt.expectedMetas = utils.DedupeMetadata(tt.expectedMetas)
+			var expectedMetas []block.SeriesMeta
+			expectedMeta.Tags, expectedMetas = utils.DedupeMetadata(tt.expectedMetas)
+			expectedMeta, expectedMetas = removeNameTags(expectedMeta, expectedMetas)
 			assert.Equal(t, expectedMeta, sink.Meta)
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedMetas, sink.Metas)
+			assert.Equal(t, expectedMetas, sink.Metas)
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestBinaryFunctionWithDifferentNames(t *testing.T) {
+	now := time.Now()
+
+	meta := func(bounds models.Bounds, name string) block.Metadata {
+		return block.Metadata{
+			Bounds: bounds,
+			Tags:   models.NewTags(1, models.NewTagOptions()).SetName([]byte(name)),
+		}
+	}
+
+	var (
+		bounds = models.Bounds{
+			Start:    now,
+			Duration: time.Minute * 3,
+			StepSize: time.Minute,
+		}
+
+		lhsMeta  = meta(bounds, "left")
+		lhsMetas = test.NewSeriesMeta("a", 2)
+		lhs      = [][]float64{{1, 2, 3}, {4, 5, 6}}
+		left     = test.NewBlockFromValuesWithMetaAndSeriesMeta(
+			lhsMeta, lhsMetas, lhs,
+		)
+
+		rhsMeta  = meta(bounds, "right")
+		rhsMetas = test.NewSeriesMeta("a", 3)[1:]
+		rhs      = [][]float64{{10, 20, 30}, {40, 50, 60}}
+		right    = test.NewBlockFromValuesWithMetaAndSeriesMeta(
+			rhsMeta, rhsMetas, rhs,
+		)
+
+		expected = [][]float64{{14, 25, 36}}
+	)
+
+	op, err := NewOp(
+		PlusType,
+		NodeParams{
+			LNode:          parser.NodeID(0),
+			RNode:          parser.NodeID(1),
+			LIsScalar:      false,
+			RIsScalar:      false,
+			VectorMatching: &VectorMatching{},
+		},
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	c, sink := executor.NewControllerWithSink(parser.NodeID(2))
+	node := op.(baseOp).Node(c, transform.Options{})
+
+	err = node.Process(models.NoopQueryContext(), parser.NodeID(0), left)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = node.Process(models.NoopQueryContext(), parser.NodeID(1), right)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	test.EqualsWithNans(t, expected, sink.Values)
+
+	// Extract duped expected metas
+	expectedMeta := block.Metadata{
+		Bounds: bounds,
+		Tags:   models.NewTags(1, models.NewTagOptions()).AddTag(toTag("a1", "a1")),
+	}
+
+	expectedMetas := []block.SeriesMeta{
+		block.SeriesMeta{
+			Name: []byte("a1"),
+			Tags: models.EmptyTags(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedMeta, sink.Meta)
+	assert.Equal(t, expectedMetas, sink.Metas)
+}
diff --git a/src/query/functions/binary/common.go b/src/query/functions/binary/common.go
index 1c79661d8e..4ca8dc4795 100644
--- a/src/query/functions/binary/common.go
+++ b/src/query/functions/binary/common.go
@@ -168,3 +168,16 @@ func appendValuesAtIndices(idxArray []int, iter block.StepIter, builder block.Bu
 
 	return iter.Err()
 }
+
+// NB: binary functions should remove the name tag from relevant series.
+func removeNameTags(
+	meta block.Metadata,
+	metas []block.SeriesMeta,
+) (block.Metadata, []block.SeriesMeta) {
+	meta.Tags = meta.Tags.WithoutName()
+	for i, sm := range metas {
+		metas[i].Tags = sm.Tags.WithoutName()
+	}
+
+	return meta, metas
+}
diff --git a/src/query/functions/binary/common_test.go b/src/query/functions/binary/common_test.go
index 09f1e1b175..03931b05f7 100644
--- a/src/query/functions/binary/common_test.go
+++ b/src/query/functions/binary/common_test.go
@@ -248,3 +248,53 @@ func TestCombineMetaAndSeriesMetaError(t *testing.T) {
 	_, _, _, err := combineMetaAndSeriesMeta(meta, otherMeta, metas, otherMetas)
 	assert.Error(t, err, errMismatchedBounds.Error())
 }
+
+func toTag(n, v string) models.Tag {
+	return models.Tag{Name: []byte(n), Value: []byte(v)}
+}
+
+func TestRemoveNameTags(t *testing.T) {
+	mTags := models.NewTags(2, models.NewTagOptions()).AddTags([]models.Tag{
+		toTag("foo", "bar"),
+	}).SetName([]byte("baz"))
+
+	meta := block.Metadata{
+		Tags: mTags,
+	}
+
+	firstTags := models.NewTags(2, models.NewTagOptions()).AddTags([]models.Tag{
+		toTag("qux", "qaz"),
+	}).SetName([]byte("quail"))
+
+	secondTags := models.NewTags(1, models.NewTagOptions()).AddTags([]models.Tag{
+		toTag("foobar", "baz"),
+	})
+
+	metas := []block.SeriesMeta{
+		{Tags: firstTags},
+		{Tags: secondTags},
+	}
+
+	// NB: ensure the name tags exist initially
+	ex := []models.Tag{toTag("__name__", "baz"), toTag("foo", "bar")}
+	assert.Equal(t, ex, meta.Tags.Tags)
+
+	ex = []models.Tag{toTag("__name__", "quail"), toTag("qux", "qaz")}
+	assert.Equal(t, ex, metas[0].Tags.Tags)
+
+	ex = []models.Tag{toTag("foobar", "baz")}
+	assert.Equal(t, ex, metas[1].Tags.Tags)
+
+	meta, metas = removeNameTags(meta, metas)
+
+	// NB: ensure name tags are removed
+	ex = []models.Tag{toTag("foo", "bar")}
+	assert.Equal(t, ex, meta.Tags.Tags)
+
+	ex = []models.Tag{toTag("qux", "qaz")}
+	assert.Equal(t, ex, metas[0].Tags.Tags)
+
+	ex = []models.Tag{toTag("foobar", "baz")}
+	assert.Equal(t, ex, metas[1].Tags.Tags)
+
+}
diff --git a/src/query/models/tags_test.go b/src/query/models/tags_test.go
index 024e224753..281026d4f1 100644
--- a/src/query/models/tags_test.go
+++ b/src/query/models/tags_test.go
@@ -480,7 +480,6 @@ func BenchmarkIDs(b *testing.B) {
 				}
 			})
 		}
-		fmt.Println()
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/query/test/block.go b/src/query/test/block.go
index 21ed930410..f7bb53000d 100644
--- a/src/query/test/block.go
+++ b/src/query/test/block.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func NewBlockFromValuesWithSeriesMeta(
 	seriesMeta []block.SeriesMeta,
 	seriesValues [][]float64,
 ) block.Block {
-	blockMeta := block.Metadata{Bounds: bounds}
+	blockMeta := block.Metadata{Bounds: bounds, Tags: models.NewTags(0, models.NewTagOptions())}
 
 	return NewBlockFromValuesWithMetaAndSeriesMeta(blockMeta, seriesMeta, seriesValues)
 }