Trying to backup ncp instance from RPi 3b+ to RPi 4 (4GB)

Thanks bro. Looks to be a permissions issue as described in this recent guide.

Try changing recursive ownership from root to www-data as shown below. Note, you might want to include the parent directories as well:
$ sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /media/USBDRIVE1/nebula/backups/