Raise or fold preflop, and it's not particularly close.

It's too strong to fold, so then we're raising.

You don't think he calls with worse bvb? 56, 67, 78,79, T8, T9, JT, J9, QJ, QT, KJ, KQ etc etc etc all seem worse to me! And this is very narrow bvb even. If he only calls better then you should still be raising preflop, because that just means he's folding way too much.