diff --git a/upath/core.py b/upath/core.py
index e2cbc61f..618621d7 100644
--- a/upath/core.py
+++ b/upath/core.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import sys
 from typing import Union
 import urllib
+from urllib.parse import ParseResult
 
 from fsspec.registry import (
     get_filesystem_class,
@@ -15,76 +16,49 @@
 
 
 class _FSSpecAccessor:
-    def __init__(self, parsed_url, *args, **kwargs):
-        self._url = parsed_url
-        cls = get_filesystem_class(self._url.scheme)
+    __slots__ = ("_fs",)
+
+    def __init__(self, parsed_url: ParseResult, **kwargs):
+        cls = get_filesystem_class(parsed_url.scheme)
         url_kwargs = cls._get_kwargs_from_urls(
-            urllib.parse.urlunparse(self._url)
+            urllib.parse.urlunparse(parsed_url)
         )
         url_kwargs.update(kwargs)
         self._fs = cls(**url_kwargs)
 
-    def transform_args_wrapper(self, func):
-        """Modifies the arguments that get passed to the filesystem so that
-        the UPath instance gets stripped as the first argument. If a
-        path keyword argument is not given, then `UPath.path` is
-        formatted for the filesystem and inserted as the first argument.
-        If it is, then the path keyword argument is formatted properly for
-        the filesystem.
-        """
+    def _format_path(self, path: "UPath") -> str:
+        return path.path
 
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            args, kwargs = self._transform_arg_paths(args, kwargs)
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        return wrapper
-
-    def _transform_arg_paths(self, args, kwargs):
-        """Formats the path properly for the filesystem backend."""
-        args = list(args)
-        first_arg = args.pop(0)
-        if not kwargs.get("path"):
-            if isinstance(first_arg, UPath):
-                first_arg = self._format_path(first_arg.path)
-                args.insert(0, first_arg)
-            args = tuple(args)
-        else:
-            kwargs["path"] = self._format_path(kwargs["path"])
-        return args, kwargs
-
-    def _format_path(self, s):
-        """Placeholder method for subclassed filesystems"""
-        return s
-
-    def __getattribute__(self, item):
-        class_attrs = ["_url", "_fs", "__class__"]
-        if item in class_attrs:
-            return super().__getattribute__(item)
-
-        class_methods = [
-            "__init__",
-            "__getattribute__",
-            "transform_args_wrapper",
-            "_transform_arg_paths",
-            "_format_path",
-        ]
-        if item in class_methods:
-            return lambda *args, **kwargs: getattr(self.__class__, item)(
-                self, *args, **kwargs
-            )
+    def open(self, path, *args, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.open(self._format_path(path), *args, **kwargs)
 
-        d = object.__getattribute__(self, "__dict__")
-        fs = d.get("_fs", None)
-        if fs is not None:
-            method = getattr(fs, item, None)
-            if method:
-                return lambda *args, **kwargs: (
-                    self.transform_args_wrapper(method)(*args, **kwargs)
-                )  # noqa: E501
-            else:
-                raise NotImplementedError(
-                    f"{fs.protocol} filesystem has no attribute {item}"
-                )
+    def stat(self, path, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.stat(self._format_path(path), **kwargs)
+
+    def listdir(self, path, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.listdir(self._format_path(path), **kwargs)
+
+    def glob(self, _path, path_pattern, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.glob(self._format_path(path_pattern), **kwargs)
+
+    def exists(self, path, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.exists(self._format_path(path), **kwargs)
+
+    def info(self, path, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.info(self._format_path(path), **kwargs)
+
+    def rm(self, path, recursive, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.rm(
+            self._format_path(path), recursive=recursive, **kwargs
+        )
+
+    def mkdir(self, path, create_parents=True, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.mkdir(
+            self._format_path(path), create_parents=create_parents, **kwargs
+        )
+
+    def touch(self, path, **kwargs):
+        return self._fs.touch(self._format_path(path), **kwargs)
 
 
 class UPath(pathlib.Path):
@@ -246,8 +220,8 @@ def relative_to(self, *other):
         return output
 
     def glob(self, pattern):
-        path = self.joinpath(pattern)
-        for name in self._accessor.glob(self, path=path.path):
+        path_pattern = self.joinpath(pattern)
+        for name in self._accessor.glob(self, path_pattern):
             name = self._sub_path(name)
             name = name.split(self._flavour.sep)
             yield self._make_child(name)
diff --git a/upath/implementations/gcs.py b/upath/implementations/cloud.py
similarity index 70%
rename from upath/implementations/gcs.py
rename to upath/implementations/cloud.py
index 2613c57e..7adf9ed6 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/gcs.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/cloud.py
@@ -2,21 +2,17 @@
 import re
 
 
-class _GCSAccessor(upath.core._FSSpecAccessor):
-    def __init__(self, parsed_url, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(parsed_url, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def _format_path(self, s):
+class _CloudAccessor(upath.core._FSSpecAccessor):
+    def _format_path(self, path):
         """
-        netloc has already been set to project via `GCSPath._from_parts`
+        netloc has already been set to project via `CloudPath._from_parts`
         """
-        s = f"{self._url.netloc}/{s.lstrip('/')}"
-        return s
+        return f"{path._url.netloc}/{path.path.lstrip('/')}"
 
 
 # project is not part of the path, but is part of the credentials
-class GCSPath(upath.core.UPath):
-    _default_accessor = _GCSAccessor
+class CloudPath(upath.core.UPath):
+    _default_accessor = _CloudAccessor
 
     @classmethod
     def _from_parts(cls, args, url=None, **kwargs):
@@ -36,9 +32,9 @@ def _from_parsed_parts(cls, drv, root, parts, url=None, **kwargs):
 
     def _sub_path(self, name):
         """
-        `gcsfs` returns the full path as `<bucket>/<path>` with `listdir` and
-        `glob`. However, in `iterdir` and `glob` we only want the relative path
-        to `self`.
+        `gcsfs` and `s3fs` return the full path as `<bucket>/<path>` with
+        `listdir` and `glob`. However, in `iterdir` and `glob` we only want the
+        relative path to `self`.
         """
         sp = self.path
         subed = re.sub(f"^({self._url.netloc})?/?({sp}|{sp[1:]})/?", "", name)
@@ -57,3 +53,11 @@ def joinpath(self, *args):
             bucket = args_list.pop(0)
             self._kwargs["bucket"] = bucket
             return super().joinpath(*tuple(args_list))
+
+
+class GCSPath(CloudPath):
+    pass
+
+
+class S3Path(CloudPath):
+    pass
diff --git a/upath/implementations/hdfs.py b/upath/implementations/hdfs.py
index 46803e10..f1eb680e 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/hdfs.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/hdfs.py
@@ -6,21 +6,9 @@ def __init__(self, parsed_url, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(parsed_url, *args, **kwargs)
         self._fs.root_marker = "/"
 
-    def transform_args_wrapper(self, func):
-        """If arguments are passed to the wrapped function, and if the first
-        argument is a UPath instance, that argument is replaced with
-        the UPath's path attribute
-        """
-
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            args, kwargs = self._transform_arg_paths(args, kwargs)
-            if "trunicate" in kwargs:
-                kwargs.pop("trunicate")
-            if func.__name__ == "mkdir":
-                args = args[:1]
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        return wrapper
+    def touch(self, **kwargs):
+        kwargs.pop("trunicate", None)
+        super().touch(self, **kwargs)
 
 
 class HDFSPath(upath.core.UPath):
diff --git a/upath/implementations/http.py b/upath/implementations/http.py
index 408d46f0..c693e44d 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/http.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/http.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import urllib
-
 import upath.core
 
 
@@ -7,28 +5,8 @@ class _HTTPAccessor(upath.core._FSSpecAccessor):
     def __init__(self, parsed_url, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(parsed_url, *args, **kwargs)
 
-    def transform_args_wrapper(self, func):
-        """if arguments are passed to the wrapped function, and if the first
-        argument is a UPath instance, that argument is replaced with
-        the UPath's path attribute
-        """
-
-        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
-            if args:
-                args = list(args)
-                first_arg = args.pop(0)
-                if not kwargs.get("path"):
-                    if isinstance(first_arg, upath.core.UPath):
-                        first_arg = str(first_arg)
-                        args.insert(0, first_arg)
-                    args = tuple(args)
-                else:
-                    new_url = self._url._replace(path=kwargs["path"])
-                    unparsed = urllib.parse.urlunparse(new_url)
-                    kwargs["path"] = unparsed
-            return func(*args, **kwargs)
-
-        return wrapper
+    def _format_path(self, path):
+        return str(path)
 
 
 class HTTPPath(upath.core.UPath):
diff --git a/upath/implementations/s3.py b/upath/implementations/s3.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b3f229f5..00000000
--- a/upath/implementations/s3.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import re
-
-import upath.core
-
-
-class _S3Accessor(upath.core._FSSpecAccessor):
-    def __init__(self, parsed_url, *args, **kwargs):
-        super().__init__(parsed_url, *args, **kwargs)
-
-    def _format_path(self, s):
-        """If the filesystem backend doesn't have a root_marker, strip the
-        leading slash of a path and add the bucket
-        """
-        s = f"{self._url.netloc}/{s.lstrip('/')}"
-        return s
-
-
-class S3Path(upath.core.UPath):
-    _default_accessor = _S3Accessor
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _from_parts(cls, args, url=None, **kwargs):
-        if kwargs.get("bucket") and url is not None:
-            bucket = kwargs.pop("bucket")
-            url = url._replace(netloc=bucket)
-        obj = super()._from_parts(args, url, **kwargs)
-        return obj
-
-    @classmethod
-    def _from_parsed_parts(cls, drv, root, parts, url=None, **kwargs):
-        if kwargs.get("bucket") and url is not None:
-            bucket = kwargs.pop("bucket")
-            url = url._replace(netloc=bucket)
-
-        obj = super()._from_parsed_parts(drv, root, parts, url, **kwargs)
-        return obj
-
-    def _sub_path(self, name):
-        """
-        `s3fs` returns the full path as `<bucket>/<path>` with `listdir` and
-        `glob`. However, in `iterdir` and `glob` we only want the relative path
-        to `self`.
-        """
-        sp = self.path
-        subed = re.sub(f"^({self._url.netloc})?/?({sp}|{sp[1:]})/?", "", name)
-        return subed
-
-    def joinpath(self, *args):
-        if self._url.netloc:
-            return super().joinpath(*args)
-        # handles a bucket in the path
-        else:
-            path = args[0]
-            if isinstance(path, list):
-                args_list = list(*args)
-            else:
-                args_list = path.split(self._flavour.sep)
-            bucket = args_list.pop(0)
-            self._kwargs["bucket"] = bucket
-            return super().joinpath(*tuple(args_list))
diff --git a/upath/registry.py b/upath/registry.py
index 98f80bfc..d3dce879 100644
--- a/upath/registry.py
+++ b/upath/registry.py
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@
 
 
 class _Registry:
-    from upath.implementations import hdfs, http, memory, s3, gcs
+    from upath.implementations import hdfs, http, memory, cloud
 
     known_implementations: Dict[str, Type[UPath]] = {
         "https": http.HTTPPath,
         "http": http.HTTPPath,
         "hdfs": hdfs.HDFSPath,
-        "s3a": s3.S3Path,
-        "s3": s3.S3Path,
+        "s3a": cloud.S3Path,
+        "s3": cloud.S3Path,
         "memory": memory.MemoryPath,
-        "gs": gcs.GCSPath,
-        "gcs": gcs.GCSPath,
+        "gs": cloud.GCSPath,
+        "gcs": cloud.GCSPath,
     }
 
     def __getitem__(self, item):
diff --git a/upath/tests/implementations/test_gcs.py b/upath/tests/implementations/test_gcs.py
index e488e945..e14ecb5f 100644
--- a/upath/tests/implementations/test_gcs.py
+++ b/upath/tests/implementations/test_gcs.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from upath import UPath
-from upath.implementations.gcs import GCSPath
+from upath.implementations.cloud import GCSPath
 from upath.errors import NotDirectoryError
 from ..cases import BaseTests
 from ..utils import skip_on_windows
diff --git a/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py b/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
index 017d80d5..e24360eb 100644
--- a/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
+++ b/upath/tests/implementations/test_s3.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from upath import UPath
 from upath.errors import NotDirectoryError
-from upath.implementations.s3 import S3Path
+from upath.implementations.cloud import S3Path
 from ..cases import BaseTests
 
 
diff --git a/upath/tests/test_core.py b/upath/tests/test_core.py
index 27a495c0..b21c5e35 100644
--- a/upath/tests/test_core.py
+++ b/upath/tests/test_core.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from upath import UPath
-from upath.implementations.s3 import S3Path
+from upath.implementations.cloud import S3Path
 from .cases import BaseTests
 from .utils import only_on_windows, skip_on_windows